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Does multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) reliably evaluate graft patency in CABG patients compared to invasive coronary angiography?
Does multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) reliably evaluate graft patency in CABG patients compared to invasive coronary angiography?
MDCT is reviewed as a feasible, noninvasive alternative to invasive coronary angiography for assessing graft patency in CABG patients.
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May support MDCT for noninvasive CABG graft surveillance; leaves open need for prospective validation trials.
Invasive coronary angiography (ICA) is the traditional method for the follow-up of graft patency in coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) patients. Nevertheless, the advent of multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) opened new perspectives for using a noninvasive, equally reliable method to study CABG patients. This review article will analyze the current feasibility of modern multi-slice MDCT, as well as its future perspectives.
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Lazzaro et al. (2017) studied this question.
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