Health Matters Speaking from the Heart
Health Matters
by John P. Vansant, MD, FACC
Speaking from the Heart
Currently, as well as historically, a major goal of clinical cardiology has been to develop a non-invasive test (modality) that provides accurate and predictive information regarding the presence and severity of coronary artery disease (CAD) that would be comparable to the invasive “gold standard” coronary angiography (commonly referred to as a cardiac cath). The list of such tests has grown rapidly over the past decade, predominately due to remarkable technological advances resulting in very sophisticated imaging capabilities.
