Key result
Combined echo and CT characterizes anomalous coronary artery morphology more reliably than either alone.
Why the study?
Does the combination of echocardiography and CT reliably characterize morphologic features of anomalous aortic origin of a coronary artery?
Population
25 patients with anomalous aortic origin of a coronary artery from the wrong Sinus of Valsalva, median age…
Comparison
Multimodality imaging using echocardiography and… vs Comparison of echocardiography and CT modalities…
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Combined echo-CT may aid AAOCA characterization; leaves open prospective validation before practice change.
Does the combination of echocardiography and CT reliably characterize morphologic features of anomalous aortic origin of a coronary artery?
The combination of echocardiography and CT provides more reliable morphologic characterization of anomalous aortic origin of a coronary artery than either modality alone.
Lee et al. (2016) studied this question. The combination of echocardiography and CT reliably characterizes morphologic features of anomalous aortic origin of a coronary artery more than either alone.
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