Newer cardiac imaging machines effective in detecting coronary artery stenosis
Tuesday, August 26, 2008 - 10:35
in Health & Medicine
The first multicenter study of the accuracy of some of the latest cardiac imaging technology found it was 99 percent as effective in ruling out obstructive coronary artery stenosis - or narrowing of these arteries - as the more expensive and invasive coronary angiography traditionally used by physicians, according to research published online by the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.