DIAGNOSTIC UPDATE: The role of cardiac computed tomographic angiography in diagnosing heart disease
Jody W. Baker RN, APN-C, MSN

$3.95 		Nursing2013 Critical Care
May 2009 
Volume 4  Number 3
Pages 5 - 7
 
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ABSTRACT
Baker, Jody W. RN, APN-C, MSN

Cardiovascular disease remains the No. 1 killer of women and men of all races and ethnicities in the United States. Coronary artery disease (CAD) accounts for more than half of all cardiovascular diseases. Every 26 seconds in the United States, someone suffers a coronary event, and every 60 seconds, someone dies from a coronary event. 1 Unfortunately, many diagnostic technologies have low sensitivity and specificity and may fail to identify CAD in its earliest stages.

In this article, I'll describe cardiac computed tomographic angiography (CCTA), which because of its high sensitivity, is becoming the first-line imaging study for the evaluation of chest pain or anginal equivalent ...

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