Patients may no longer need to endure invasive procedures to investigate mild heart attacks, according to a new study from Flinders University in South Australia.
If a randomised control trial (RCT) is successful, the CT scan could become a preferred tool for doctors which could also reduce the risk of complications.
The current preferred procedure is a coronary angiography, which involves threading a slender catheter through the body’s largest artery (aorta) via an artery in the wrist or groin. When it reaches the coronary arteries of the heart, an X-ray sensitive dye is injected through the catheter and then X-ray images are taken to see if any arteries are narrowed or blocked….