Clinical situations in which coronary CT angiography confers superior diagnostic information compared with coronary angiography

Mecit Kantarci; Selim Doganay; Musturay Karcaaltincaba; Nevzat Karabulut; Mustafa Kemal Erol; Ahmet Yalcin; Cihan Duran; Memduh Dursun; Afak Karakaya; Servet Tatli

doi:10.4261/1305-3825.DIR.5064-11.1

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Clinical situations in which coronary CT angiography confers superior diagnostic information compared with coronary angiography

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Clinical situations in which coronary CT angiography confers superior diagnostic information compared with coronary angiography

Mecit Kantarci, Selim Doganay, Musturay Karcaaltincaba, Nevzat Karabulut, Mustafa Kemal Erol, Ahmet Yalcin, Cihan Duran, Memduh Dursun, Afak Karakaya and Servet Tatli

Diagnostic and interventional radiology (Ankara, Turkey), Vol.18(3), pp.261-269

05/01/2012

DOI: 10.4261/1305-3825.DIR.5064-11.1

PMID: 22261852

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Abstract

In this review, we aimed to outline the clinical and pathological conditions for which multidetector computed tomography coronary angiography (MDCT-CA) should be the preferred method because of its advantages over conventional coronary angiography (CCA). A consistent body of literature suggests that MDCT-CA is more than just complementary to CCA and that it provides more valuable diagnostic information in certain clinical situations, such as complex coronary artery variations, aorto-ostial lesions, follow-up of bypass grafts, myocardial bridging, coronary artery fistulas, aortic and coronary artery dissections, and cases in which the coronary ostia cannot be cannulated by a catheter because of massive atherosclerosis or extremely tortuous vascular structures.

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Title: Subtitle: Clinical situations in which coronary CT angiography confers superior diagnostic information compared with coronary angiography
Creators: Mecit Kantarci - Atatürk University
Selim Doganay - Erciyes University
Musturay Karcaaltincaba - Hacettepe University
Nevzat Karabulut - Pamukkale University
Mustafa Kemal Erol - Atatürk University
Ahmet Yalcin - Atatürk University
Cihan Duran - Istanbul Bilim University
Memduh Dursun - Istanbul University
Afak Karakaya - Atatürk University
Servet Tatli - Harvard University
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Diagnostic and interventional radiology (Ankara, Turkey), Vol.18(3), pp.261-269
DOI: 10.4261/1305-3825.DIR.5064-11.1
PMID: 22261852
NLM abbreviation: Diagn Interv Radiol
ISSN: 1305-3825
eISSN: 1305-3612
Publisher: Galenos Yayinevi
Number of pages: 9
Language: English
Date published: 05/01/2012
Academic Unit: Radiology
Record Identifier: 9984697719602771

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