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Finding the gatekeeper to the cardiac catheterization laboratory: coronary CT angiography or stress testing?
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posted on 2023-05-18, 11:48 authored by Thomas MarwickThomas Marwick, Cho, I, O Hartaigh, B, Min, JKFunctional capacity is a robust predictor of clinical outcomes, and stress testing is used in current practice paradigms to guide referral to invasive coronary angiography. However, invasive coronary angiography is driven by ongoing symptoms, as well as risk of adverse outcomes. The limitations of current functional testing-based paradigms might be avoided by using coronary computed tomographic angiography (CCTA) for exclusion of obstructive coronary artery disease. The growth of CCTA has been supported by comparative prognostic evidence with CCTA and functional testing, as well as radiation dose reduction. Use of CCTA for physiological evaluation of coronary lesion-specific ischemia may facilitate evaluation of moderate stenoses, designation of the culprit lesion, and prediction of benefit from revascularization. The potential of CCTA to serve as an effective gatekeeper to invasive coronary angiography will depend, in part, on the adoption of these new developments, as well as definition of the benefit of detecting high-risk plaque for guiding the management of selected patients.
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Publication title
Journal of the American College of CardiologyVolume
65Issue
25Pagination
2747-2756ISSN
0735-1097Department/School
Menzies Institute for Medical ResearchPublisher
Elsevier Science IncPlace of publication
360 Park Ave South, New York, USA, Ny, 10010-1710Rights statement
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