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Annals of Internal Medicine Study Finds CT More Accurate Than MRI for Ruling out Coronary Artery Disease (CAD).

El Camino Hospital has state-of-the art CT and PET-CT equipment. The CT scanners include 128-slice and 64-slice dual source capabilities that acquire scans twice as fast as MRIs.

The PET-CT delivers unparalleled accuracy in detecting, pinpointing and staging tumors. The CT scanners are used for diagnostic imaging of coronary arteries in addition to the colon, liver, biliary tract and pancreas. The hospital invested $20 million last year in state-of-the-art imaging equipment to ensure patients have access to advanced medical technologies that can result in more effective and efficient diagnosis and treatment.

For the study, investigators led by Marc Dewey, MD, PhD, of Charité Medical School (Berlin, Germany), reviewed the medical literature for prospective trials (through June, 2009) that compared coronary CT or MRI with conventional angiography as a reference standard.

Source: El Camino Hospital

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