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Review
. 2024 May;62(3):385-398.
doi: 10.1016/j.rcl.2023.12.017. Epub 2024 Jan 20.

Coronary Artery Disease: Role of Computed Tomography and Recent Advances

Elizabeth Lee  1 , Chiemezie Amadi  2 , Michelle C Williams  3 , Prachi P Agarwal  4
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Coronary Artery Disease: Role of Computed Tomography and Recent Advances

Elizabeth Lee et al. Radiol Clin North Am. 2024 May.

Abstract

In this review, the authors summarize the role of coronary computed tomography angiography and coronary artery calcium scoring in different clinical presentations of chest pain and preventative care and discuss future directions and new technologies such as pericoronary fat inflammation and the growing footprint of artificial intelligence in cardiovascular medicine.

Keywords: Computed tomography; Coronary CT angiography; Coronary artery disease; Coronary calcium scoring.

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Conflict of interest statement

Disclosure M.C. Williams has given talks for Canon Medical Systems, Siemens Healthineers, and Novartis. The work of M.C. Williams is supported by the British Heart Foundation, United Kingdom (FS/ICRF/20/26002).

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