Coronary computed tomography angiography for heart team decision-making in multivessel coronary artery disease.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

Coronary computed tomography angiography (CTA) has emerged as a non-invasive diagnostic method for patients with suspected coronary artery disease, but its usefulness in patients with complex coronary artery disease remains to be investigated. The present study sought to determine the agreement between separate heart teams on treatment decision-making based on either coronary CTA or conventional angiography.

Methods and results

Separate heart teams composed of an interventional cardiologist, a cardiac surgeon, and a radiologist were randomized to assess the coronary artery disease with either coronary CTA or conventional angiography in patients with de novo left main or three-vessel coronary artery disease. Each heart team, blinded for the other imaging modality, quanti

SUBMITTER: Collet C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6241466 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature