Studies attest to prognostic value of coronary CTA

December 3, 2008 DiagnosticImaging.com. Studies attest to prognostic value of coronary CTA By James Brice In response to demands for evidence that cardiac CT will positively affect patient outcomes, researchers presented results at the RSNA conference Wednesday attesting to its value for identifying which intermediate risk patients are most likely to suffer future catastrophic coronary events. Dr. James Earls, medical director of Fairfax Medical Consultants in Virginia, demonstrated in a retrospective study of 1692 patients that a zero score on a cardiac calcification test may be close to a guarantee against a future cardiac event. It does not, however, promise that the patient is free from coronary atherosclerosis.

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