Tuesday, October 11, 2005

Study: New CTs are better than angiography

"Study: New CTs are better than angiography
Oct 10, 2005, 19:10 GMT

ST. LOUIS, MO, United States (UPI) -- St. Louis University scientists say electron-beam computed topography is more accurate than catheter angiography in finding congenital heart abnormalities.

Dr. Esat Memisoglu, assistant professor of radiology, and colleagues studied 28 adults at a heart hospital and imaging center in Istanbul, Turkey, who had undergone conventional X-ray angiography for chest pain or shortness of breath and then later underwent an EBCT."

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