A monthly publication of the Brazilian Society of Cardiology and considered the main channel for the promotion of Brazilian cardiovascular research.
ISSN 0066-782X
eISSN 1678-4170
Rodrigo Julio Cerci
, Afonso Akio Shiosaki
Rodrigo Julio Cerci
, Afonso Akio Shiosaki
Over the past fifteen years, coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) has witnessed rapid technological and scientific advances in the detection of anatomical coronary artery disease (CAD), leading to an improvement in patient care. Visual assessment of stenosis severity using CCTA has a high sensitivity and negative predictive value when compared to invasive angiography, making it an ideal test to exclude obstructive CAD. With its high diagnostic performance associated with an important prognostic impact in the management of CAD, CCTA has […]
Keywords: Cardiovascular Diseases/diagnostic imaging; Coronary Artery Disease; Coronary, Tomography; Diagnostic Imaging / trends; Everolimus; Myocardial Perfusion