If aortic injury is not diagnosed quickly, morbidity and mortality are significantly increased," CT angiography offers a much more rapid diagnosis than traditional catheter aortography, and it is ...

Our study adds to the growing evidence that catheter angiography may be unnecessary in cases where the CT angiogram is indeterminate for aortic injury,” Dr. Sammer said.

Invasive angiography remains the standard for pre-transcatheter aortic valve replacement evaluation, but certain patients with clear CT images of the coronary arteries may not need the invasive ...

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), or magnetic resonance angiography (MRA), is another imaging modality to visualize your aortic aneurysm and vessels. Similar to a CT with contrast, an MRI or MRA ...

Pretranscatheter aortic valve replacement-CT angiography safely deferred the need for invasive coronary angiography in 53% of patients, according to a study published May 21 in Circulation ...

Aortic Embolus: (Left) CT scan of the chest with contrast. Note the large clot within the aortic arch; (Middle) Magnetic Resonance Angiogram - arch study. Note the complete cut-off of the left ...