Medscape

CCTA Is Less Useful in Patients With High Calcium Score

January 17, 2012 (Baltimore, Maryland) — New results from the CORE-64 study affirm that the usefulness of coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) widely varies depending on the patient ...
TCTMD

CCTA Bests CV Risk Scores for Bolstering Lifestyle Changes, Medication Uptake

Use of coronary CT angiography (CCTA) is associated with greater early adherence to lifestyle recommendations and acceptance of preventive medical therapy when compared with risk scoring alone in ...
TCTMD

Invasive Angio Adds Nothing to CCTA Alone for Risk Prediction: ISCHEMIA

Both invasive coronary angiography and coronary CT angiography (CCTA) add incremental information over baseline characteristics when predicting risk in stable CAD patients, according to an ISCHEMIA ...
Nature

CAC score adds no incremental prognostic information to CCTA for cardiovascular events in symptomatic patients

CONFIRM Registry researchers have published findings from a study of 10,037 symptomatic patients who underwent coronary artery calcification (CAC) scoring and coronary CT angiography (CCTA) to assess ...
EurekAlert!

Women with hardened arteries may need stronger treatment to prevent heart attacks than men

Barcelona, Spain – 11 May 2023: Postmenopausal women with clogged arteries are at higher risk of heart attacks than men of similar age, according to research presented at EACVI 2023, a scientific ...