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Advantages of CT vs Invasive Angiography
- Better detection of coronary abnormalities and severity of diseases
- Non-invasiveness of the investigation: this is a significant benefit for the patient with less risk and discomfort as well as substantially decreased recovery time.
- Speed of investigation: the scan for the entire heart only takes 10 to 12 seconds and the total investigation only 30 minutes, with no sedation or inpatient admission required.
- Less costly alternative to the traditional coronary angiography examination
- Ability to visualise soft plaque which would otherwise be undetectable during any other cardiac investigations
- Better delineation of stenosis at the origin of the right and left coronary artery
- High resolution, three dimensional images of the moving heart and vessels
- “One-stop shop” analysis – coronary arteries, valves, ventricular analysis, myocardial mass, plaque morphology, lung parenchyma.
- Enables determination of the patency of cardiac bypass grafts or stents in the coronary artery
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