Many patients who undergo heart scans are ... The procedure, called CT coronary angiography, yields high-resolution, 3-D images by capturing up to 64 slices of anatomy at a time.

The CT scanner -- which looks like a large donut ... "It allows us to view the heart anatomy in a different way -- to get all sorts of special images we couldn't get before." ...

"We found that the 320-detector CT scanner allowed us to see the anatomy of the blockages and determine whether the blockages were causing a lack of perfusion to the heart," sayslead author Carlos E.

It's essential to carefully map the individual cardiac anatomy and possible ... generation photon-counting CT for cardiac imaging in children with suspected cardiac heart defects compared with ...

It’s essential to carefully map the individual cardiac anatomy and possible routes of ... cardiovascular imaging quality than dual-source CT at a similar radiation dose in children with suspected ...

Your doctor uses the calcium-score screening heart scan to evaluate risk for future ... that escape detection during this CT scan, it is important to remember that a negative test indicates ...

They found that the CT scans were superior to genetics at predicting heart disease risk in middle-aged patients. They said CT screening should be offered for middle-aged patients whose risk is ...

CT scans are better at predicting a middle-aged person's risk for a heart disease, such as a heart attack, than genetics, reports a new study. Conventional measures of risk factor levels include ...