How can heart disease be diagnosed?
Heart disease can often be detected accurately using modern imaging techniques. In this video, Dr Ravi Assomull explains how CT coronary angiography identifies plaque and narrowing in the coronary arteries.
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Transcript
Heart disease can be diagnosed using a very simple yet powerful investigation called a CT coronary angiogram. This is an x-ray scan that beautifully visualizes the coronary arteries telling us whether there are deposits of soft or hardened plaque, something called calcified plaque, and whether this may cause a potentially severe narrowing that needs treatment...
