Non-invasive cardiac imaging: current and emerging roles for multi-detector row computed tomography. Part 2

September 2007    Volume 14, Issue 4   Br J Cardiol 2007;14:237-41

Authors:
Edward D Nicol, Simon PG Padley

The demand for non-invasive diagnostic imaging in cardiology increases with the advancing age of the population. Whilst exercise testing and myocardial perfusion scintigraphy have provided non-invasive functional assessment of coronary artery disease there has been little alternative to invasive coronary angiography for anatomical assessment of the coronary tree.

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