Tomografia computerizzata delle coronarie: piccolo vademecum per il nefrologo

Fulvio Floccari; Rodolfo Rivera; Luca Di Lullo

doi:10.33393/gcnd.2014.884

Authors

Fulvio Floccari U.O.C. Nefrologia e Dialisi, Ospedale S. Paolo, Civitavecchia (RM)
Rodolfo Rivera Divisione di Nefrologia, Ospedale S. Gerardo, Monza
Luca Di Lullo U.O.C. Nefrologia e Dialisi, Ospedale L. Parodi-Delfino, Colleferro (RM)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33393/gcnd.2014.884

Keywords:

Coronary CT scan angiography, Multislice, Coronary disease, Valvular calcifications, Vascular calcifications

Abstract

Coronary computed tomography (CT) angiography has been widely employed due to the better spatial and temporal resolution. The diagnostic value of coronary CT is gradually improved together with the evolution of multislice CT scans from the original 4-slice scan to the actual 320-slice scan. Despite its diagnostic and prognostic value, the use of coronary CT angiography is actually limited to restricted fields due to the high prevalence of artifacts and elevated number of false-positive results related to the high density of the valvular and vascular calcifications. Aim of this review is to present the technological development of coronary CT during the last decades, together with its prognostic involvement. (Cardionephrology)