Key Points ▪ Cardiac CT is best suited to imaging the larger-caliber coronary segments, such as proximal coronary arteries, ostial lesions, and the left main stem coronary artery. ▪ The…
Key Points ▪ Initially, CT assessment of coronary artery disease was done via assessment of the burden of coronary artery calcium as a surrogate of coronary atherosclerotic plaque severity assessment….
Key Points ▪ CCT angiography is the test of choice to define coronary artery aneurysms. ▪ The common occurrence of mural thrombosis of larger coronary artery aneurysms renders cardiac CT…
Key Points ▪ The conventional test of choice to identify coronary artery dissections is standard coronary angiography. ▪ Cardiac CT angiography shows some early ability to depict coronary artery dissection;…
Key Points ▪ Anomalies of coronary ostia and course are more common than appreciated. ▪ Cardiac CT angiography is the preferred test to characterize anomalies of the coronary ostia and…
Key Points ▪ CT coronary angiography (CTA) has been the principal goal of development of cardiac CT (CCT). The momentum of cardiac CT development has been toward both improving image…
Key Point ▪ Cardiac CT angiography is the test of choice to depict the entire course of coronary artery anomalies of termination. The conduit portions of the dilated segments are…
Key Points ▪ Coronary artery bypass grafts are amenable to cardiac CT angiography assessment because they are larger in size than native arteries and are subject to little motion artifact…
Key Points ▪ Although stents are easy to visualize by cardiac CT (CCT), their lumen is difficult to assess. The assessment of patency or restenosis of coronary stents is a…
Key Points ▪ Artifacts are so common as to be universal. ▪ Prevention is the best cure. ▪ Review the study for artifacts before reading it, so as not to…
