In an early look at SCOT-HEART 2, CCTA led more primary-prevention patients to make changes to reduce their risk of CVD.

The joint guidelines indicate that "the brain death or death by neurologic criteria evaluation is, first and foremost, based ...

Learn more from WebMD about high-tech tests for heart disease, including CT scans, PET scans, total body CT scans, calcium-score screening, and coronary CT angiography.

What is cardiac CT angiography? A cardiac CT angiogram is a test that essentially conducts "a CAT scan for the heart," said Dr. Aeshita Dwivedi, a cardiologist at Northwell Lenox Hill Hospital.

Pretranscatheter aortic valve replacement-CT angiography safely deferred the need for invasive coronary angiography in 53% of patients, according to a study published May 21 in Circulation ...

Brain death determination sits at the fraught intersection of critical-care medicine, ethics, and organ-donation logistics. Missteps risk either prolonging mechanical support with no prospect of ...

Healthcare professionals may also take an angiogram during cardiac catheterization, using contrast dye and imaging tests. Alternatively, they may inject the dye and take a CT scan without cardiac ...

A CT angiogram usually takes actual 30 to 40 minutes max for process and staying in the department around 2 hrs, It is an OPD procedure and takes a shorter time and is considered in the routine ...

Pulmonary Computed Tomography Angiogram (PCTA) Pulmonary computed tomography angiogram (PCTA) is considered the first-choice ...

Image quality comparison Transverse and 3D cinematic rendered images from thoraco-abdominal CT angiography. (A–C) Images from energy-integrating detector CT with a standard contrast media protocol. (D ...