Use of multislice computed tomography angiography in percutaneous coronary intervention

The introduction of multislice computed tomography angiography (MSCT) has provided new information for percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), especially in complex lesions. It provides valuable adjustments about coronary lesions, which are predictors of procedural success, for example, in chronic total occlusions, in bifurcations and recently in aorto-ostial lesion PCI. In multiple fields, tomographic coronary analysis facilitates decision making by providing data that is unobtainable from conventional coronary angiography. The aim of this article is to assess the contribution of MSCT in PCI.