DALLAS, – High-resolution magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) may offer a risk-free way to identify narrowed vein grafts after bypass surgery, according to a report in today’s Circulation: Journal of ...
Nov. 20 -- THURSDAY, Nov. 19 (HealthDay News) -- Compared to standard emergency room triage, CT angiography is quicker, more accurate and much less expensive for screening patients with chest pain who ...
MUNICH, Germany—Some are hailing the 5-year results from SCOT-HEART, showing that a chest-pain workup strategy using coronary CT angiography (CTA) is superior to standard care, as the most powerful, ...
(HealthDay News) — For patients with suspected pulmonary embolism (PE), computed tomography (CT) pulmonary angiography is superior to chest radiography for providing a diagnosis, even when no PE is ...
"These extended and sustained benefits appear to be primarily driven by a reduction in the rate of non-fatal MI, suggesting that the principal benefit of CCTA [coronary CT angiography] is driven by ...
New UK recommendations for the assessment of chest pain are prioritizing the use of CT angiography in cases where a diagnosis of stable angina cannot be excluded on the basis of a clinical assessment ...
Healthcare professionals use MRIs to get images of internal organs and tissues, while MRAs help them to check blood vessels in detail. Both an MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) and MRA (magnetic ...