Global Dialysis - Advanced CT imaging as good as angiography to detect CAD blockages.

Advanced CT imaging as good as angiography to detect CAD blockages.

EurekAlert: "We found that the 320-detector CT scanner allowed us to see the anatomy of the blockages and determine whether the blockages were causing a lack of perfusion to the heart," sayslead author Carlos E. Rochitte, M.D., a cardiologist at the Heart Institute (InCor), University of Sao Paulo Medical School, in Brazil, "We were therefore able to correctly identify the patients who needed revascularization within 30 days of their evaluation."

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