Accuracy of 64-slice CT coronary angiography: our initial experience.
Indian Heart J
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2008 Jul-Aug; 60(4): 287-95
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in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-3317
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
The objective of our study was to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of 64-slice computed tomography coronary angiography to detect haemodynamically significant stenosis (>50% luminal narrowing) in comparison to invasive coronary angiography and further analyze the result accounting for heart rate, coronary calcification and location of lesion in the coronary tree. METHODS ANDRESULTS:
Forty patients (39 male, 1 female; mean age 50.9 years) underwent both CT coronary angiography and invasive coronary angiography with in a gap of one day. All vessels were included in the study and no patient was excluded due to high heart rate. On per-segment based analysis with invasive coronary angiography as the gold standard, CT coronary angiography correctly identified 62 out of 78 significant stenoses with an overall sensitivity of 79.5% (62 of 78), specificity of 98.5% (532 of 540), positive predictive value of 88.6% (62 of 70) and negative predictive value of 97.1% (532 of 548).CONCLUSION:
Our result suggests that 64-slice CT coronary angiography has high diagnostic accuracy to detect haemodynamically significant stenosis.
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IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Time Factors
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Aged, 80 and over
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Coronary Artery Disease
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Predictive Value of Tests
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Sensitivity and Specificity
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Coronary Angiography
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Aged80
Language:
English
Journal:
Indian heart j
Year:
2008
Type:
Article
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