A higher volume of epicardial adipose tissue — visceral fat surrounding the myocardium — is associated with an elevated risk ...

Cardiac CT angiograms were first used in the early 2000s, said DeFrance, and the past decade has seen an increase in their use. He himself has founded the Society of Cardiovascular CT and trained ...

Including cardiac CT in the initial stroke imaging protocol detects more high-risk cardioaortic embolic sources than the current practice of performing later echo, a new study shows.

A heart CT scan uses X-rays to create an image of the heart and blood vessels. Healthcare professionals may also refer to it as cardiac CT angiography. A CT scan is a noninvasive imaging procedure ...

Compared with direct invasive coronary angiography referral, coronary CT was associated with no difference in CV death and MI, with an RR of 0.84 (95% CI, 0.52-1.35; low certainty) but less index ...

Use of noncontrast CT to measure coronary artery calcified plaques (CACPs) is quick, now often taking <10 minutes, and does not, of course, require contrast injection.

Smart automation in this advanced CT system Precise Cardiac is built into the CT workflow, avoiding the need for any manual intervention by the person doing the scanning, the need for data ...

BOSTON, MA—In the coming years, the amount of information that can be gleaned from a cardiac CT scan will be enhanced with artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms, and that’s expected to improve ...

WASHINGTON, DC—People living in areas with the highest levels of socioeconomic deprivation have more coronary inflammation identified on coronary CT angiography (CCTA) than those living in the least ...

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