Open AccessMultidetector computed tomography and coronary risk stratification — From research to clinical practice
Author(s) -
J Gonsorčík,
Adela Dobrovicova,
C. Gibarti
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
interventional medicine and applied science/interventional medicine and applied science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.195
H-Index - 14
eISSN - 2061-5094
pISSN - 2061-1617
DOI - 10.1556/imas.3.2011.3.3
Subject(s) - medicine , risk stratification , coronary artery disease , clinical practice , multidetector computed tomography , radiology , cardiology , stenosis , risk assessment , disease , computed tomography , cardiac imaging , intensive care medicine , physical therapy , computer security , computer science
Cardiovascular disease due to atherosclerosis is the foremost cause of premature mortality and of disability-adjusted life years in Europe. Risk stratification management includes variety of clinical, laboratory and special diagnostic methods with different relevance. However, because global risk scores tend to underestimate risk in most persons, atherosclerosis imaging has been introduced for the refinement of stratification. Cardiac techniques including computed tomography (CT) have evolved rapidly for the study of cardiovascular structure and function. Multidetector CT is an additional relevant potential tool for assessment of coronary artery disease in selected patients and scientific data will be continuing to expand into clinical practice. Our findings showed that utility may be helpful also in non-diabetic patients with arterial hypertension or renal insufficiency and in elderly with degenerative aortic stenosis.