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Heart 2005;91:1385-1388; doi:10.1136/hrt.2004.058164
Copyright © 2005 BMJ Publishing Group Ltd & British Cardiovascular Society

EDITORIAL

Multidetector CT coronary angiography: have we found the holy grail of non-invasive coronary imaging?

P M Donnelly1, J D S Higginson1, P D Hanley2

1 Cardiology Department, Ulster Hospital, Belfast, UK
2 Radiology Department, Ulster Hospital

Correspondence to:
Correspondence to:
Dr J David S Higginson
Cardiology Department, Ulster Hospital, Belfast BT16 1RH, UK; david.higginson{at}ucht.n-i.nhs.uk

ABSTRACT

Is technology about to deliver on the long awaited goal of effective non-invasive methods for visualising and assessing coronary arteries?

Abbreviations: CT, computed tomography; EBCT, electron beam computed tomography; MDCT, multidetector computed tomography; PET, positron emission tomography; SPECT, single photon emission computed tomography

Keywords: computed tomography; coronary angiography; non-invasive


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