64-Slice CT Coronary Angiography

64-Slice CT Coronary Angiography (also called "non-invasive coronary angiography") is a new way to image the heart and the heart arteries that does not require doctors to place catheters inside a patient's body.

Previously, to look at the heart arteries, doctors had to insert tubes inside a patient's heart to directly inject contrast dye, a procedure that typically involved a hospital stay.  Now, doctors can look at a patient's heart and heart arteries with an outpatient procedure that simply involves placing an IV in the patient's arm and having patients hold their breath for five seconds.  In those few seconds, the scanner can take thousands of pictures of a patient's heart, allowing doctors to look for narrowing inside the arteries and in the larger structures of the heart.

To be a candidate for 64-Slice CT Coronary Angiography, you must have normal kidney function, a slow and regular heart rate, and the ability to hold very still.  Ask your doctor if 64-Slice CT Coronary Angiography is the right test for you.

3-D rendering of a 64-Slice CT Coronary Angiogram
of the heart. In many people, this type of test can now
be used instead of traditional invasive heart catheterization.

Service Providers:

Baylor Heart Hospital:
Kenneth Johnson, M.D.
Robert Rosenthal, M.D.
Jeffrey Schussler, M.D.

HEB:
Andrew Miller, M.D.
Andrea Miller, M.D.
Michael Mitchell, M.D.
Ali Moustapha, M.D.
Iyad Rashdan, M.D.

Plano:
Rajjit Abrol, M.D.
Neeta Bavikati, M.D.
John W Duncan, M.D.
Eugene B Henderson, M.D.
Marc D Krock, M.D.
James Strader, M.D.

North Hills:
Arash Manzori, D.O.
David Slife, D.O.

Last Updated: 11.18.10