Sixty-four-slice computed tomography coronary angiography compared with myocardial perfusion scintigraphy for the diagnosis of functionally significant coronary stenoses in patients with a low to intermediate likelihood of coronary artery disease

Comparison of 64-slice cardiac computed

Comparison of 64-slice cardiac computed tomography with myocardial perfusion scintigraphy for assessment of global and regional myocardial function and infarction in patients with low to intermediate likelihood of coronary artery disease

✍ Edward D. Nicol; James Stirrup; Eliana Reyes; Michael Roughton; Simon P.G. Padle 📂 Article 📅 2008 🏛 Springer 🌐 English ⚖ 515 KB

## Background: Cardiac computed tomography (cct) has the potential to assess both coronary anatomy and ventricular function in a single study. we examined the agreement between cct and myocardial perfusion scintigraphy (mps) for the assessment of global and regional ventricular function. ## Method