Articles Tagged With: CT
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Which Coronary Artery Calcium Score Signifies the Need for Secondary Prevention?
A large registry study of individuals without known cardiovascular disease but with known coronary artery computed tomography calcium scores showed those with an Agatston score higher than 300 are at risk of experiencing major cardiac events similar to patients with known cardiovascular disease over five years.
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The Value of Stress Testing in Patients with Known Coronary Artery Disease
A comparison of adenosine stress singe photon emission CT, PET, and MRI in stable patients with known coronary artery disease (CAD) showed PET to be more sensitive for detecting invasive fractional flow reserve-identified ischemic lesions. However, the sensitivity was disappointing; thus, patients with known CAD and new symptoms should be referred directly to invasive coronary angiography.
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Older Adults with Abdominal Pain Risk Mistriage, Inadequate Diagnostic Tests
ED providers should not think of abdominal pain in older adults as the same as abdominal pain in younger patients. At the department level, consider adding abdominal pain in older patients to the list of automatic ECG criteria.
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Early Chest CT Can Improve Treatment for Community-acquired Pneumonia
In patients with suspected community-acquired pneumonia, early chest CT significantly changed management decisions.