Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5980054 | JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging | 2015 | 14 Pages |
Abstract
In recent years, several technical developments in the field of cardiac computed tomography (CT) have made possible the extraction of functional information from an anatomy-based examination. Several different lines have been explored and will be reviewed in the present paper, namely: 1) myocardial perfusion imaging; 2) transluminal attenuation gradients and corrected coronary opacification indexes; 3) fractional flow reserve computed from CT; and 4) extrapolation from atherosclerotic plaque characteristics. In view of these developments, cardiac CT has the potential to become in the near future a truly 2-in-1 noninvasive evaluation for coronary artery disease.
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Authors
Pedro MD, PhD, Gastón A. MD, PhD, Ernest MD, Pannipa MD, Christian MD, Koen MD, PhD, Hector M. MD, PhD,