(UPDATED) An imaging-guided strategy with CT angiography (CTA) and cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) reduces the rate of invasive angiography compared with usual care in patients who have acute ...

CHICAGO, IL (UPDATED)—Sending patients with NSTE ACS not pretreated with a P2Y12 adenosine diphosphate (ADP)-receptor antagonist to the catheterization laboratory for invasive angiography within 2 ...

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: ...

A new heart scan is faster and has lower radiation exposure than MRI and invasive angiography, according to a study published in Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging. Researchers compared three ...

CHICAGO – Computed tomography (CT) angiography is as accurate as an invasive angiogram in detecting coronary artery disease, according to the findings of the first two prospective multicenter 64-slice ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Quality of life and angina burden were similar after CT or invasive angiography for CAD diagnosis. Women ...

Clinical experts explained that in general, physiological testing using fractional flow reserve (FFR) and instantaneous wave-free ratio (iFR) is available but not frequently used in the UK. People ...

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Cardiovascular Research Foundation of Southern California (CVRF) - a non-profit charitable organization committed to supporting and conducting innovative ...

When a patient complains about chest pain, diagnosis will usually involve catheter angiography to evaluate the adequacy of blood supply to the heart. Researchers have now established that, in certain ...