http://www.appliedradiology.com RSS Feed on Applied Radiologyhttp://www.appliedradiology.com//Issues/2011/05/Articles/AR_05-11_Chow/Cardiac-CT,-MR,-SPECT,-ECHO,-and-PET--What-test,-when-.aspx<p> Clinicians have at their disposal a large armamentarium of tests, including treadmill stress tests, stress echocardiography (ECHO), myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI), single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), positron emission tomography (PET), CT coronary angiography (CTA), and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR). An understanding of the patient population, patient pretest probability of CAD, Bayes’ theorem, and the risks, benefits, and limitations of each technology enable radiologists to assist clinicians with test selection. <br /></p>Thursday, 28 Apr 2011 14:20:44 GMT