Adverse cardiovascular events can now be successfully predicted using noninvasive CT angiography and stress tests. Quicker and easier diagnostic tool will help the doctors to make an early decision and help to avoid critical and costly invasive procedures like bypass surgery or stent placement. Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death worldwide and it often needs a complex and expensive intervention like bypass surgery, stent placement etc. Recent studies revealed that many of this critical intervention can be avoided and treated with normal medication therapy provided the conditions are diagnosed early.
One of the key factors in treatment decision is the significance of the lesion in controlling the hemodynamics i.e. the degree of obstruction the lesion is causing for the blood to reach the heart areas. If the lesion is characteristically significant then interventions…
