Key result
Computed tomographic angiography provides a valuable noninvasive method to evaluate coronary arteries and other cardiovascular structures in older adult patients.
Why the study?
What are the potential applications of computed tomographic angiography in the geriatric population?
Case Report
What are the potential applications of computed tomographic angiography in the geriatric population?
CT angiography offers a noninvasive method to evaluate complex cardiovascular structures and conditions in geriatric patients.
May inform noninvasive strategies in select geriatric cases; leaves open prospective validation before wider use.
Recent technical advances have enabled the use of computed tomography (CT) to visualize the beating heart, including the coronary arteries. This ability to perform noninvasive coronary angiography and to precisely evaluate other cardiovascular structures using CT may be especially valuable in the geriatric population. CT angiography can be used not only to investigate chest pain syndromes in the elderly but also for preoperative evaluation before cardiac and noncardiac surgery to detect intracardiac thrombi and tumors and to evaluate valves, the myocardium, and other cardiovascular structures, including the aorta. The authors present examples of the application of CT angiography in various older adult patients with cardiovascular disease to highlight potential applications.
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Wann et al. (2007) conducted a case report in Cardiovascular disease. Computed Tomographic Angiography was evaluated. Computed tomographic angiography provides a valuable noninvasive method to evaluate coronary arteries and other cardiovascular structures in older adult patients.
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