Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Study: CT scans may help the healthy gauge heart risk - USATODAY.com

Study: CT scans may help the healthy gauge heart risk - USATODAY.com

According to Canada, "Ming Pao Daily News" reported that after nearly five years of research, University of Ottawa Heart Institute (UOHI) scientists recently found the use of advanced medical imaging technologies, can quickly diagnosis and prediction of mortality in patients with heart disease risk and probability.

And this technology is already in the medical field from a seat in the computed tomography camera technology (Computed Tomography, referred to as CT) evolved.

In 2006, a 64-slice (64-Slice) CT for the first time within the opening of the University of Ottawa Heart Institute, and this is the machine applied to the heart of Canada's first case study. In recent years, more than 24,000 cases of clinical research center for a large number of technicians to provide reliable data, ultimately to help them find the machine for the rapid diagnosis of heart disease and significant forecasting function.

It is understood that in general the heart center, patients are usually through catheterization (Catheterization), after 45 minute procedure (usually stay in the center of six hours) before finishing the checks. Made use of 64-slice CT, The whole process only 7-10 seconds, and can clearly see the heart in coronary artery disease caused by calcification, and easily lead to clogged arteries of plaque.

UOHI co-director Benjamin Chow Biao Shi, Gai center study's purpose is to turn it to reduce patient's waiting time, while coronary artery Jibing find effective Jiancefangshi. "If we can detect Chu as soon as possible to the patient risk of heart disease, can prevent and reduce risk it, we of the study and research by utilizing Le CT, diagnosis of cardiac function found in the the results."

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