Cardiac hybrid imaging for the management of patients with known or suspected coronary artery disease

Coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) and myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) techniques (single photon emission computed tomography, SPECT, or positron emission tomography, PET) are well-established non-invasive modalities for the management of patients with known or suspected coronary artery disease (CAD), allowing high diagnostic accuracy and robust prognostic stratification. A recent multicenter head-to-head comparison between CCTA and the other second-level imaging modalities including stress echocardiography, nuclear imaging and cardiac magnetic resonance showed CCTA as the more accurate method in patients with intermediate pre-test likelihood and low prevalence of CAD, followed by PET [1].
Source: International Journal of Cardiology - Category: Cardiology Authors: Tags: Editorial Source Type: research