The National Heart Center Singapore (NHCS) announces a major advancement in cardiac care research with the implementation of ...

TEC: Technology Evaluation Center; EBCT: Electron Beam Computed Tomography; CAD: Coronary artery disease; CHD: Coronary Heart Disease; CT: Computed tomography; EKG ...

That's changing with the advent of new imaging technology: CT scans ... disease, CTA is a major advance. "CTA is a better technique for finding small blockages in coronary arteries," says Mario ...

CT has been utilized for a) coronary angiography (coronary CTA) and b) coronary calcium scoring. The coronary arteries had conventionally been ... with the patient’s medical history. Then the CT scan ...

Cardiac computed tomography (cardiac CT) includes coronary CT angiography (CTA) as well as using CT technology ... is used to dilate the coronary arteries for better visualization.

The new CT scan machine ... by detecting early coronary artery disease in an individual and can help preventing a future Heart attack. With the procurement of this machine, cases which were ...

Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the number one cause of death in men and women. CAD is caused by atherosclerotic plaques developing in the coronary arteries. Many therapies have been shown to ...