Abstract:
BACKGROUND:To provide confirmatory evidence that the accuracy of MSCT coronary angiography is comparable to that of conventional coronary angiography. METHOD:19 patients who had both MSCT and conventional coronary angiography were included in our study. The mean age of our patients was 62.3 (SD 7.7) and 42% of our patients were female. The coronary vascular tree was subdivided into 13 segments (modified from the 16-segment AHA classification). The grade of disease was classified into 1 of 6 categories; (1)0-50% stenosis; (2) 50-75% stenosis; (3) 75-99% stenosis; (4) Occluded; (5) aneurysmal; (6) fistula. The results of the imaging studies were analysed by two radiologists, who were blinded to the clinical data. RESULTS:A total of 172 coronary artery segments were visualised on both CT and conventional angiography. There is excellent statistical correlation between the appearance of the coronary arteries on MSCT and conventional angiography, as determined by Spearmans test (r=0.727, P<0.0001). MSCT coronary angiography had a sensitivity of 80.0%, specificity of 95.9%, NPV of 97.9% and PPV of 66.7%. CONCLUSION:The specificity and NPV from our study are similar to those obtained by previous researchers. This study confirms that a negative CT coronary angiogram is useful to rule out the presence of significant coronary heart disease.
journal_name
Int J Cardioljournal_title
International journal of cardiologyauthors
Tan KT,Reed D,Howe J,Challenor V,Gibson M,McGann Gdoi
10.1016/j.ijcard.2006.08.057subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2007-09-14 00:00:00pages
125-6issue
1eissn
0167-5273issn
1874-1754pii
S0167-5273(06)01138-7journal_volume
121pub_type
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更新日期:2006-08-10 00:00:00
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pub_type: 信件
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更新日期:2009-02-06 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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pub_type: 信件,多中心研究
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pub_type: 信件
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2003-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:International journal of cardiology
pub_type: 信件
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更新日期:2010-01-07 00:00:00
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journal_title:International journal of cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2005-09-15 00:00:00
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更新日期:1994-11-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2005-06-08 00:00:00
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journal_title:International journal of cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0167-5273(92)90055-8
更新日期:1992-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:International journal of cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0167-5273(88)90051-4
更新日期:1988-03-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:2013-09-30 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2013-09-30 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,meta分析
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更新日期:2015-01-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,多中心研究
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更新日期:2013-09-10 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:2003-01-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
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更新日期:2009-10-02 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2006.12.015
更新日期:2008-01-24 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:2016-12-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
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更新日期:1996-12-06 00:00:00
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journal_title:International journal of cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:2008-07-21 00:00:00
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journal_title:International journal of cardiology
pub_type: 信件
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更新日期:1997-04-18 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2016-05-01 00:00:00