Heart disease is the number one
killer of men and women in the United States. Although the most
effective treatment is prevention, many people with heart disease
are not diagnosed. In fact, up to one-half of patients who suffer
heart attacks did not have prior symptoms.
There are numerous tests available
that can assess risk factors for potential heart disease. These
include EKG, blood pressure monitoring, stress test, and checking
blood cholesterol levels. To actually visualize the coronary
arteries to see if there is a blockage that may lead to a heart
attack, cardiac catheterization has traditionally been the only
option. However, cardiac catheterization is an invasive procedure
with inherent risks, and up to one-half of the studies demonstrate
no significant disease.
Now, a new non-invasive test, CT
coronary angiography, is available which provides much of the same
information as cardiac catheterization, but without the known
risks. In addition, with a CT coronary angiogram, a radiologist is
able to see the wall of the blood vessels, which cannot be done
with cardiac catheterization.
Main Street Radiology
installed the first 16-detector spiral CT in Queens. With this new
technology, we are one of the first centers in the tri-state area
to perform CT coronary angiography.
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