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European Heart Journal Advance Access originally published online on May 11, 2005
European Heart Journal 2005 26(15):1451-1453; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehi322
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Non-invasive computed tomographic coronary angiography: the end of the beginning

Axel Schmermund* and Raimund Erbel

Department of Cardiology, University Clinic Essen, Germany

* Corresponding author. Cardioangiologisches Centrum Bethanien, Im Prüfling 23, 60389 Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Tel: +49 (0)69 9450 280; fax: +49 (0)69 461613. E-mail address: a.schmermund@ccb.de

This editorial refers to ‘Accuracy of MSCT coronary angiography with 64-slice technology: first experience’{dagger} by S. Leschka et al., on page 1482

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One of the favourite questions in cardiologists' meetings involving modern imaging modalities concerns the future of cardiac multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) vs. magnetic resonance tomography (CMRT)—which one of the two techniques will win the race and will be the modality of the future? Obviously, future technical developments are difficult to foresee. The current status is that CMRT, using no radiation and non-toxic amounts of contrast media, is preferred for the diagnostic workup of the myocardium (including cardiac chamber volumes, regional and global contractility, right ventricular regional function, scar tissue, and perhaps perfusion). MDCT, using radiation and increasingly smaller amounts of toxic contrast media, is preferred for imaging of the coronary arteries. Given the technical fundamentals, it is highly unlikely that MDCT will ever assume a more prominent role in any other aspect . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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