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- Title
Tomografía computada multidetector de arterias coronarias: estado del arte. Parte II: Aplicaciones clínicas.
- Authors
González, Aloha Meave; Rosas, Erick Alexánderson; Valero, Mónica Rodríguez; Ramírez, Gabriela Meléndez; García, Alfonso Martínez; Fernández, Carlos Sierra; Torres, Rodrigo Calleja; Castillo, Leonardo García-Rojas; Lamothe Molina, Pedro Alberto; Herrera Zarza, Mary Carmen; De Ávila, Martha Armas; Ochoa López, Juan Manuel; Vázquez-Lamadrid, Jorge; Hayama, Eric Kimura
- Abstract
At the beginning of the evaluation of Coronary Artery Disease (CAD), Coronary Multidetector Computed Tomography (MDCT) was exclusively used to detect calcified plaques in coronary arteries through the Calcium Score, whose value by itself is limited. Nowadays, thanks to the technological advancements, potential clinical applications, with this method, include detection of coronary arterial stenosis, assessment of coronary bridges, and evaluation of anomalous coronaries. The intraluminal coronary stent evaluation is not possible yet, but this might become possible with the new-generation scanners. At the moment, the published results seem to be promising, nonetheless, the enthusiasm generated by this method should be accompanied by adequate training, as well as by its validation and certification.
- Subjects
TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY disease; DIAGNOSIS; CORONARY artery stenosis; SCANNING systems; MEDICAL radiography
- Publication
Archivos de Cardiología de México, 2008, Vol 78, Issue 2, p195
- ISSN
1405-9940
- Publication type
Article