Dear Imaging Leaders Insider,
Cardiac CT has had its share of debate as a technology that can be used for low-risk patients presenting with chest pain. Where does it stand now in clinical practice? How accepted is it as a routine clinical modality?
To answer these questions, we've talked with David Dowe, MD, medical director and coronary CT angiography program director of Atlantic Medical Imaging in Galloway, NJ, and an authority on issues of safety and efficacy in diagnostic imaging.
What Dowe says about the technology and what hinders its widespread acceptance may surprise you: Click here to read more. As an Insider subscriber, you have access to the story before the rest of our readers.
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