Tuesday, 28 August 2012

New CT Scans Accurately Assess Coronary Blockages

New, ultra-fast computed tomography accurately sorts out which people with chest pain need or don't need cardiac angioplasty, states study. "The CORE 320 study is the first prospective, multicenter study to examine the diagnostic accuracy of CT for assessing blockages in blood vessels and determining which of those blockages may be preventing the heart from getting adequate blood flow," says Joao A. C. Lima, M.D., senior author of the study and professor ...

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