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A WOMAN has cautioned holidaymakers after she collapsed and almost died when going to the toilet on a flight. Emily Jansson, 34, had been asleep for 10 hours while on a 13-hour flight from ...
Chronic Total Occlusion of the Left Main Coronary Artery Revealed by an Acute Coronary Syndrome: A Rare Case from Senegal Introduction: Congenital coronary anomalies are rare but may present as ...
Objectives To evaluate the diagnostic and prognostic benefits of CT coronary angiography (CTCA) using the 2016 National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidelines for the assessment of ...
The use of chest CT angiography (CTA) has increased sharply in recent years, and this imaging test has been used as the first-line tool for suspected cases of PTE in various institutions. ( 9 - 11 ) A ...
Objective We surveyed UK practice and compliance with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) ‘recent-onset chest pain’ guidance (Clinical Guideline 95, 2016) as a service quality ...
Introduction: Coronary CT angiography (CCTA) is an accurate and emerging diagnostic tool for evaluation of patients suspected of having coronary artery disease (CAD). Data on downstream testing, ...
Background In patients with suspected angina pectoris, CT coronary angiography (CTCA) clarifies the diagnosis, directs appropriate investigations and therapies, and reduces clinical events. The effect ...
Cholesterol and triglyceride levels were normal. An aortic CT angiogram showed no evidence of aortic dissection, but incidental bilateral renal artery beading with a 22 × 11 mm right renal artery ...
Coronary CT angiography-guided management of patients with stable chest pain: ... (IQR 0–230), and normal coronary arteries were identified in 654 (36·7%), non-obstructive coronary artery disease in ...
After 10 years, CCTA-guided management of patients with stable chest pain was associated with a sustained reduction in coronary heart disease death or non-fatal myocardial infarction. Identification ...
When these conditions occur, your healthcare provider may recommend CT pulmonary angiography because this technique has the following advantages over traditional angiography: ... (irregular or ...
The standard mechanism for diagnosing PE is the chest computed tomography pulmonary angiogram (CTPA) images. A subset of 15000 samples, including normal and PE-positive lung CTPA images were taken ...