Medscape

CCTA Leads to More Procedures, More Costs in Older Patients

November 24, 2011 (Stanford, California) - Coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) scans in older patients leads to more follow-up testing and downstream costs than stress testing, a new study ...
Science Daily

Compared to stress testing, patients who undergo CT angiography more likely to undergo subsequent invasive, more costly cardiac procedures

In an analysis of Medicare data of nearly 300,000 patients who underwent outpatient evaluation for coronary artery disease by either computed tomography (CT) angiography or stress testing, those who ...
TCTMD

DISCHARGE Data Reassure on Use of CCTA in Older Chest-Pain Patients

Physicians can confidently send stable chest pain patients of all ages with an intermediate likelihood of CAD, including those older than 75 years, to CT angiography rather than cardiac ...
MedPage Today

How Effective Is Coronary CTA for Evaluating Chest Pain?

Investigators in Denmark recently reviewed data on outcomes after CCTA for more than 110,000 patients who underwent the procedure between 2007 and 2017. Patients who were not diagnosed with myocardial ...
TCTMD

CCTA Increases Contrast Volume in Patients With Prior CABG: GREECE Trial

PARIS, France—On top of invasive coronary angiography alone, performing coronary CT angiography (CCTA) first to evaluate hemodynamically stable patients with prior CABG does not lower but rather ...
Medscape

CCTA-First ER Strategy Safely Discharges More Patients: ACRIN/PA

Today at the American College of Cardiology 2012 Scientific Sessions, Dr Harold Litt (University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia) presented results of a trial that randomized 1370 low- to ...