Cardiac computed tomography (cardiac CT) includes coronary CT angiography (CTA ... of patency coronary artery bypass grafts 1. Normal ECG and cardiac markers with low or intermediate pretest ...

Concerns exist, however, that contrast-induced acute kidney injury occurring as a consequence of coronary angiography has the potential to hasten the progression to dialysis before transplantation.

Background: Cardiac syndrome X is defined by a typical angina pectoris with normal or near normal (stenosis <40%) coronary angiogram with or without electrocardiogram (ECG) change or atypical ...

so that not all patients underwent angiography. CTA immediately identified or excluded disease in 75% of patients (eight had severe CAD and 67 had normal coronary arteries). The remaining 25% of ...

Satisfactory selective coronary arteriography was recorded in each of the 15 patients. They revealed normal main-stem arteries with smooth walls uninvolved radiographically by nonobstructing or ...