AHA endorses cardiac CT for low-risk patients

Cardiac CT is safe, accurate, and cost-effective in low-risk patients presenting with chest pain, according to a scientific statement published by the American Heart Association (AHA) of Dallas.

Low-risk patients presenting with chest pain are increasingly managed in chest pain units that perform accelerated diagnostic protocols. In this setting, the use of CT angiography is rapidly expanding, primarily due to published studies demonstrating cost-effectiveness and safety in a low-risk population, wrote Ezra Amsterdam, MD, and colleagues on behalf of an American Heart Association committee that issued the statement.

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