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The PIOPED II trial: CT sensitive and specific for pulmonary embolism [Classics Series]
This study summary is an excerpt from the book 2 Minute Medicine's The Classics in Medicine: Summaries of the Landmark ...
Tag: computed tomography angiography (CTA)
Quick Take: Diagnosis of obstructive coronary artery disease using computed tomography angiography in patients with stable chest pain depending on clinical probability and in clinically important subgroups
Computed tomography angiography (CTA) is being increasingly used in evaluating patients with suspected coronary artery disease (CAD) and possible angina. ...
2 Minute Medicine Rewind June 17, 2019
Suicide in older adults living in or transitioning to residential long-term care, 2003 to 2015 It is estimated that by ...
The ROMICAT 2 trial: Coronary computed tomographic angiography shortens hospital stays for acute chest pain [Classics Series]
The following study summary is an excerpt from the book 2 Minute Medicine’s The Classics in Radiology: Summaries of Clinically Relevant ...
Coronary CT angiography superior to functional stress testing among diabetic patients
1. In this randomized trial, diabetic patients with stable chest pain randomized to coronary computed tomographic angiography (CTA) had lower ...
High rates of over-diagnosis of pulmonary embolism by CT angiography
1. In a retrospective review of over 900 CT pulmonary angiography (CTA) studies in a single tertiary-care institution, image reinterpretation ...
CT perfusion-derived angiography aids in detecting arterial occlusion in stroke
1. Timing invariant computed tomography angiography (CTA) derived from computed tomography perfusion can reliably detect large artery occlusions in ischemic ...
Arterial recanalization may not indicate reperfusion in ischemic stroke
1. In a prospective study of 178 patients with ischemic stroke, complete reperfusion was seen in less than two thirds ...