CT Coronary Angiography Testing with HOD Medical Center
Online, October 27, 2013 (Newswire.com) - The major reason for this disease is the build-up of plaques with inner walls of the heart arteries. This narrows down the arteries and decreases the blood flow.
There are some signs and symptoms that some individuals get noticed however others who are suffering from this disease do not get any notice for decades. There might be a sudden heart attack and you do not know why it occurs.
Actually its symptoms include decreased exercise tolerance and angina. Coronary artery disease also known to be ischaemic heart disease (IHD). Unstable IHD gets symptoms such as worsening angina, chest pain or others. The risk of narrowing arteries increases by age, diabetes, smoking, high blood pressure and high blood cholesterol. It is also common in men.
It is therefore the key aspect to diagnose and treat it before it becomes as problematic. If you ask about the test which were available in the past, there was the noninvasive functional testing such as nuclear studies and treadmill tests. It helps to indirectly assess the blockages in coronary arteries. Coronary angiogram was the only way to directly assess the health of the coronary arteries.
With the advancement of medical technology, it has become possible to analyze the health of coronary arteries connected with heart by the CT Coronary Angiography Testing. The CT scanning is quite helpful to look over the anatomic regions but it is not as much effective for scanning the heart in motion. CT is most effective for the static region including abdominal cavity, brain and other parts.
HOD-House of Diagnostics is here to provide you the advanced array of medical equipments to cater all your health needs. CT Coronary Angiography has put in place to analyze the health of the heart arteries in motion and it helps you to diagnose the problem quickly, if there is any.
Who should go for CT Coronary Angiography?
If your doctor suspects for coronary disease, you simply do not have any option and then go for the testing with CT Coronary Angiography. If its symptoms have some unclear results, then it is advisable to get this testing.
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