Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5969232 | International Journal of Cardiology | 2014 | 12 Pages |
Abstract
Obstructive coronary artery disease due to atherosclerosis remains the commonest cause of chest pain, although several other conditions involving the coronary arteries, cardiac and non-cardiac structures can also result in chest pain syndromes. CT coronary angiography (CTCA) provides a non-invasive method for anatomical imaging of coronary artery disease. Whilst it does not replace diagnostic angiography, it provides a reliable 'rule out' of significant coronary artery disease in at least low to intermediate risk groups. The ability of CTCA to provide volumetric data with a large field of view also facilitates its use in the diagnosis of patients presenting with chest pain. The purpose of this pictorial review is to describe non-atherosclerotic pathologies which may present with chest pain identifiable on CTCA.
Keywords
PTSMACAFRCAACSAVCTAVRHCMALCAPAETTCTCALMCATakayasu's arteritisComputed tomography coronary angiographyLCAcoronary artery diseasePercutaneous transluminal septal myocardial ablationexercise treadmill testTranscatheter aortic valve replacementAortic stenosisAcute coronary syndromeleft main coronary arteryRCA, right coronary arteryLeft coronary arteryCADCoronary artery fistulasanomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary arteryHypertrophic cardiomyopathyAortic valve calcification
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Authors
Gajen Sunthar Kanaganayagam, An Thanh Ngo, Ali Alsafi, Raghavendra Kamanahalli, Nilesh Sutaria, Tarun Mittal, Ben Ariff,