The Malaysian consensus statement on utilisation of cardiac CT

• Published in: Biomedical imaging and intervention journal Vol. 4; no. 4; p. e41
• Main Authors: Sim, Kh, Abdul Aziz, Yf, Chin, Sp, Chong, Fl, Choo, Gh, Chew, D, Ho, Elm, Chia, H, Yusoff, Mr, Ng, Kh, Syed Abu Bakar, Sm, Tan, Kh, Musa, Z
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Malaysia University of Malaya 01-10-2008; Department of Biomedical Imaging, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Malaysia
• Subjects: Coronary artery; Review; Malaysia
• ISSN: 1823-5530; 1823-5530
• DOI: 10.2349/biij.4.4.e41

The growth and availability of MSCT services in Malaysia have been immense. [...]it is important for the local medical profession to understand the requirements to obtain a minimum dataset for adequate interpretation of the cardiac study, and most importantly patient selection, preparation and safety. [...]low spatial resolution and high image noise limited the image quality. Since 1998, with the introduction of the 4-slice mechanical CT scanners and subsequently 16- and 64-slice CT scanners with higher spatial and temporal resolutions, accurate visualisation of the coronary arteries, cardiac anatomy as well as functional imaging are possible. [...]some of the risk factors for CAD such as smoking, male sex, and age overlap with the risk factors for other chest diseases such as bronchial carcinoma [35]. [...]cardiac scans have a small field of view restricted to the heart which precludes a complete evaluation of the thorax. [...]both patients and referring physicians have to understand that the focus of the cardiac CT is for the detection of cardiac diseases. 1 National Heart Association of Malaysia, Damansara Uptown, Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia 2 College of Radiology Malaysia, Department of Biomedical Imaging, University Malaya Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia