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February 23, 2021
Coronary computed tomographic angiography (CTA) may be as good as invasive coronary angiography (ICA) at predicting the long-term risk of adverse events in patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes, according to a subanalysis of the VERDICT trial.
“The key thing is that it s pretty much equivalent whether you do an ICA or you do a CT to define the likelihood of events after the MI,” lead author Klaus F. Kofoed, MD, DmSc (University of Copenhagen, Denmark), told TCTMD. “So that was kind of reassuring that you don t need to do an ICA if you already have a CT.”