Computed tomographic coronary angiography – is it ready as a screening tool for coronary artery disease?
Joanna Melgies, Mark CK Hamilton and Nathan E Manghat
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.13-5-465
Clin Med October 2013 Joanna Melgies
1School of Medicine, University of Bristol, UK
Roles: medical student
Mark CK Hamilton
2Bristol Royal Infirmary, UK
3Bristol Heart Institute, UK
4NIHR Bristol Biomedical Research Unit, Bristol, UK
Roles: consultant cardiac radiologist
Nathan E Manghat
3Bristol Heart Institute, UK
4NIHR Bristol Biomedical Research Unit, Bristol, UK
Roles: consultant cardiovascular and interventional radiologist
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vol. 13 no. 5 465-471
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- Published online October 10, 2013.
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- Joanna Melgies, medical student1,
- Mark CK Hamilton, consultant cardiac radiologist2,3,4 and
- Nathan E Manghat, consultant cardiovascular and interventional radiologist3,4⇑
- 1School of Medicine, University of Bristol, UK
- 2Bristol Royal Infirmary, UK
- 3Bristol Heart Institute, UK
- 4NIHR Bristol Biomedical Research Unit, Bristol, UK
- Address for correspondence: Dr NE Manghat, The Bristol Heart Institute, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Upper Maudlin Street, Bristol BS2 8HW.Email: Nathan.Manghat{at}uhbristol.nhs.uk
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Computed tomographic coronary angiography – is it ready as a screening tool for coronary artery disease?
Joanna Melgies, Mark CK Hamilton, Nathan E Manghat
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- Electrocardiographic-gated computed tomographic coronary angiography
- ‘A suitable test should be devised for the early stage’
- ‘The risks, both physical and psychological, should be less than the benefits’
- ‘The costs should be balanced against the benefits’
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