The Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography Guidelines Committee makes every
effort to avoid any actual or potential conflicts of interest that might arise as a result of an …

1342 Circulation March 25, 2014 now falls within the lower range of radiation doses from
coronary artery disease (CAD) imaging tests. This is a consideration for 1-time testing and …

Within the past decade, CCTA has left the early stages of technical development and
accuracy assessment and developed into a robust, wellestablished imaging test with an …

The acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is mainly caused by underlying coronary
atherosclerosis. Other, but extremely rarer pathophysiologic mechanisms are microvascular …

Chest pain is a common chief complaint among patients presenting to the emergency
department. However, in the scenario where the clinical presentation is consistent with acute …

BACKGROUND Statins are shown effective by some studies in preventing contrast-induced
nephropathy (CIN). We evaluated the effectiveness of atorvastatin in the prevention of CIN in …

Abstract Background Coronary CT angiography (CCTA) is used in the emergency
department to rule out acute coronary syndrome in low-intermediate risk patients. Objectives …

Increased longevity will result in increasing numbers of elderly patients worldwide, among
whom heart disease is the most common cause of death. Ageing is the most important risk …

Rationale and Objectives To evaluate the performance of radiology residents in the
interpretation of on-call, emergency “triple-rule-out”(TRO) computed tomographic (CT) …

Myocardial perfusion imaging with single‐photon emission computed tomography (SPECT)
is an important and widely used non‐invasive imaging test for the diagnosis and …