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dc.contributor.authorSun, Zhonghua
dc.contributor.authorNg, K.
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T14:40:33Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T14:40:33Z
dc.date.created2011-02-22T20:01:51Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.identifier.citationSun, Z. and Ng, K.H. 2010. Multislice CT angiography in cardiac imaging. Part II: clinical applications in coronary artery disease. Singapore Medical Journal. 51 (4): pp. 282-289.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/40218
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Multislice CT angiography represents a technological evolution in cardiac imaging due to improved spatial and temporal resolution. Rapid improvements in multislice CT scanners over the last decade have allowed this technique to become a viable and effective alternative to invasive coronary angiography in selected patients. Multislice CT angiography has demonstrated high sensitivity and specificity, and in particular, very high negative predictive value, which makes it a valuable imaging modality for screening patients suspected of coronary artery disease. In addition, multislice CT angiography demonstrates accuracy in detection and characterisation of coronary plaques, and it has been reported to play an important role in the predicting the disease progress and cardiac events. The aim of this review is to present an overview of the clinical applications of multislice CT angiography in coronary artery disease, with regard to its diagnostic accuracy and predictive value in coronary artery disease. Emerging areas of multislice CT including dual-energy CT and CT myocardial perfusion will also be discussed. Limitations of multislice CT angiography and future directions of cardiac multislice CT will be highlighted.

dc.publisherSingapore Medical Association
dc.subjectdiagnostic accuracy
dc.subjectcoronary artery disease
dc.subjectcardiac imaging
dc.subjectmultislice CT
dc.subjectcoronary plaques
dc.titleMultislice CT angiography in cardiac imaging. Part II: clinical applications in coronary artery disease
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume51
dcterms.source.startPage282
dcterms.source.endPage289
dcterms.source.issn0037-5675
dcterms.source.titleSingapore Medical Journal
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Reproduced from Sun, Z. and Ng, K.H., Multislice CT angiography in cardiac imaging. Part II: clinical applications in coronary artery disease, Singapore Medical Journal 2010; 51 (4): pp. 282-289.

curtin.departmentDepartment of Imaging and Applied Physics
curtin.accessStatusOpen access


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