Coronary artery to aortic luminal attenuation ratio in coronary CT angiography for the diagnosis of haemodynamically significant coronary artery stenosis.

CONCLUSIONS: Noninvasive CAR derived from 64-detector row CT was feasible and might be helpful for the detection of haemodynamically significant coronary artery stenosis. Still, further investigations such as intra- and inter reader correlation, evaluation of larger numbers in different settings, and time efficiency are required for applying CAR in various situations. ADVANCES IN KNOWLEDGE: CAR could be used as novel noninvasive technique to detect haemodynamically significant coronary artery stenosis. PMID: 31738082 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: The British Journal of Radiology - November 17, 2019 Category: Radiology Authors: Misaka T, Sugitani Y, Asato N, Matsukubo Y, Uemura M, Ashikaga R, Ishida T Tags: Br J Radiol Source Type: research