Coronary Angiography by 64-Row CT

To the Editor: In their article on the Coronary Artery Evaluation Using 64-Row Multidetector Computed Tomography Angiography (CORE 64) trial (Nov. 27 issue), 1 Miller et al. rather miss the point of contemporary computed tomographic (CT) angiography, as do Redberg and Walsh in their accompanying Per...

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Veröffentlicht in:The New England journal of medicine 2009-05, Vol.360 (19), p.2027-2031
Hauptverfasser: McCulloch, Andrew C, Paulin, Sven, Gerard, Stephen K, Karthikeyan, Ganesan, Vorobiof, Gabriel, Fogarty, William M, Lima, João A.C, Miller, Julie M, Walsh, Judith, Redberg, Rita F
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Zusammenfassung:To the Editor: In their article on the Coronary Artery Evaluation Using 64-Row Multidetector Computed Tomography Angiography (CORE 64) trial (Nov. 27 issue), 1 Miller et al. rather miss the point of contemporary computed tomographic (CT) angiography, as do Redberg and Walsh in their accompanying Perspective article. 2 CT angiography will never replace catheter angiography in the same manner that CT pulmonary angiography has usurped its invasive counterpart as the standard. Even the use of CT scanners with a steadily rising number of detectors is unlikely to fully overcome the limits on spatial resolution imposed by cardiac motion. With this in mind, . . .
ISSN:0028-4793
1533-4406
DOI:10.1056/NEJMc082650