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CT of heart
Indications:
- *evaluation of heart disease
- coronary artery disease
- cardiac masses
- pericardial disease
- heart failure
Advantages:
- high-resolution tomographic images
- enables 3 dimensional reconstruction of vasculature [1]
Disadvantages:
- radiation exposure
Specific
cardiac computed tomography angiography; coronary computed tomography angiography; CT angiography (CCTA)
coronary artery calcium (CAC testing)
CT for congenital heart disease
General
CT of chest; CT of thorax
cardiac imaging
References
- Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 16, 17.
American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 2012 2014
Component-of
fractional flow reserve (FFR)