Posts Tagged ‘cardiac computed tomography’

December 8th, 2014

Selections from Richard Lehman’s Literature Review: December 8th

This week’s topics include the surgical treatment of moderate ischemic mitral regurgitation, the Mediterranean diet and telomere length, and more.


October 26th, 2010

Updated Appropriate Use Criteria for Cardiac CT Published

An alphabet soup of medical organizations (ACCF, SCCT, ACR, AHA, ASE, etc.) have updated their appropriate use criteria for cardiac CT. The lengthy document includes an evaluation of 93 clinical scenarios and finds that cardiac CT is appropriate in 38% of them. Use of cardiac CT in the rest of the scenarios is deemed inappropriate […]