TY - JOUR
T1 - Current evidence in cardiothoracic imaging
T2 - Growing evidence for coronary computed tomography angiography as a first-line test in Stable Chest Pain
AU - Maroules, Christopher D.
AU - Rajiah, Prabhakar
AU - Bhasin, Mohit
AU - Abbara, Suhny
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2019/1/1
Y1 - 2019/1/1
N2 - Coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) is a validated technique for the evaluation of patients with suspected coronary artery disease, showing high accuracy compared with invasive coronary angiography and high negative predictive value. CCTA is also well positioned as a first-line test for the evaluation of stable chest pain. This purpose of this review is to examine the evidence behind CCTA in the setting of stable chest pain, with attention to 5 key strengths of a CCTA-based approach: (1) effective gatekeeping to cardiac catheterization, (2) selective discrimination for revascularization and tailored medical therapy, (3) advanced risk stratification, (4) improvement in outcomes, and (5) support from multisociety guidelines. Given the expansion of CT technologies to include functional strategies for evaluating ischemia both with and without vasodilators, CCTA is poised to become the comprehensive examination for stable chest pain and anginal equivalent cardiopulmonary symptoms.
AB - Coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) is a validated technique for the evaluation of patients with suspected coronary artery disease, showing high accuracy compared with invasive coronary angiography and high negative predictive value. CCTA is also well positioned as a first-line test for the evaluation of stable chest pain. This purpose of this review is to examine the evidence behind CCTA in the setting of stable chest pain, with attention to 5 key strengths of a CCTA-based approach: (1) effective gatekeeping to cardiac catheterization, (2) selective discrimination for revascularization and tailored medical therapy, (3) advanced risk stratification, (4) improvement in outcomes, and (5) support from multisociety guidelines. Given the expansion of CT technologies to include functional strategies for evaluating ischemia both with and without vasodilators, CCTA is poised to become the comprehensive examination for stable chest pain and anginal equivalent cardiopulmonary symptoms.
KW - Stable chest pain
KW - cardiac computed tomography
KW - coronary computed tomography angiography
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U2 - 10.1097/RTI.0000000000000357
DO - 10.1097/RTI.0000000000000357
M3 - Article
C2 - 30157094
AN - SCOPUS:85058837059
SN - 0883-5993
VL - 34
SP - 4
EP - 11
JO - Journal of thoracic imaging
JF - Journal of thoracic imaging
IS - 1
ER -