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. 2023 Jul 7;44(26):2366-2375.
doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehac597.

Great Debate: Computed tomography coronary angiography should be the initial diagnostic test in suspected angina

Colin Berry  1   2 , Christopher M Kramer  3   4 , Vijay Kunadian  5   6 , Toral R Patel  3 , Todd Villines  3 , Raymond Y Kwong  7 , Daniell Edward Raharjo  5   6
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Great Debate: Computed tomography coronary angiography should be the initial diagnostic test in suspected angina

Colin Berry et al. Eur Heart J. .

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Conflict of interest statement

C.B. is employed by the University of Glasgow which holds consultancy and/or research agreements with companies that have commercial interests in the diagnosis and treatment of ischaemic heart disease. The companies include Abbott Vascular, AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, GSK, HeartFlow, Menarini Farmaceutica, Neovasc, Siemens Healthcare and Valo Health. C.B. acknowledges research support from the British Heart Foundation (PG/17/2532884; FS/17/26/32744; RE/18/6134217) and Medical Research Council (MR/S005714/1).

C.M.K. MD—research support from NHLBI (5R01 HL075792). T.R.P., MD is supported by National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (grant no. 5T32EB003841). T.C.V., MD—research support from the U.S. Center for Disease Control (grant DP18-1817, InnoVAte).

None declared

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Graphical Abstract
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Figure 1
Diagnostic pathway for evaluation of ischaemia with non-obstructive coronary arteries (INOCA) according to the EAPCI expert consensus document. Investigation begins with non-invasive testing followed by invasive coronary angiography. CCTA: coronary computed tomography angiography.
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