Who Benefits from Cardiac CT Screening

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People who may particularly benefit from noninvasive screening CT coronary angiography include those with one or more risk factors for coronary artery disease including:

Male over 40 years of age or female over 50 years of age
Family history of coronary artery disease
Hypertension (high blood pressure)
Past or present smoker (should also undergo lung scan for cancer detection)
Diabetes or "pre-diabetic"
Elevated cholesterol levels or C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) levels
Obesity

Patients who may be able to have a noninvasive CT coronary angiogram prior to a conventional coronary angiogram and possibly avoid undergoing a conventional in-hospital coronary angiogram include:

Patients with chest discomfort with an equivocal stress test result
Patients with a suspected false positive treadmill test
Patients with previous coronary artery bypass grafts who experience new or a change in symptoms
Patients with suspected anomalous coronary arteries or other congenital anomalies
Patients with cardiomyopathy to determine whether significant obstructive coronary artery disease is present

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