Coronary CT Angiography and 5-Year Risk of Myocardial Infarction

In a randomized trial, patients with chest pain underwent a standard diagnostic evaluation with or without coronary CT angiography (CTA). The group assigned to CTA had a lower rate of death from coronary heart disease or nonfatal myocardial infarction at 5 years.

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Veröffentlicht in:	The New England journal of medicine 2018-09, Vol.379 (10), p.924-933
Hauptverfasser:	Newby, David E, Adamson, Philip D, Berry, Colin, Boon, Nicholas A, Dweck, Marc R, Flather, Marcus, Forbes, John, Hunter, Amanda, Lewis, Stephanie, MacLean, Scott, Mills, Nicholas L, Norrie, John, Roditi, Giles, Shah, Anoop S V, Timmis, Adam D, van Beek, Edwin J R, Williams, Michelle C
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Aged Angina pectoris Angiography Cardiology Cardiovascular disease Chest Chest Pain - diagnostic imaging Chest Pain - therapy Clinical outcomes Computed tomography Computed Tomography Angiography Coronary Angiography - statistics & numerical data Coronary artery disease Coronary Disease - mortality Electrocardiography Female Follow-Up Studies Heart attacks Heart diseases Humans Incidence Male Medical imaging Middle Aged Myocardial infarction Myocardial Infarction - epidemiology Myocardial Infarction - prevention & control Pain Patients Percutaneous Coronary Intervention - statistics & numerical data Primary care Risk
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Zusammenfassung:	In a randomized trial, patients with chest pain underwent a standard diagnostic evaluation with or without coronary CT angiography (CTA). The group assigned to CTA had a lower rate of death from coronary heart disease or nonfatal myocardial infarction at 5 years.
ISSN:	0028-4793 1533-4406
DOI:	10.1056/NEJMoa1805971