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Corresponding Author

Ahmed Osama Abbas El-Kattan

Document Type

Original Article

Abstract

Background: Coronary artery stenting is the most important minimally invasive treatment for symptomatic coronary artery disease. But because in-stent restenosis occurs at a somewhat high rate, invasive angiography is now commonly utilised to assess stent patency.Objective: The objective of the study is to examine how multidetector CT scans can assist physicians in making decisions regarding the placement of coronary artery stents in patients who have chronic chest pain or who have myocardial ischemia. Method: A total of 40 individuals had multislice CT angiography of the coronary arteries between February 2022 and August 2022 as part of this study. Such patients will be referred to the diagnostic radiology and medical imaging department of Al-Azhar University Educational Hospital from the cardiology department and private clinics. Results: Only 4 (10%) of the 40 stents used in this study were deemed unintelligible after analysing MSCT images because of thin or thick struts that impede luminal evaluation. One of those non-interpretable stents had a diameter of 3.0 mm, while the other three had 2.5 mm diameters. Six stents were stenotic, four were non-interpretable, and thirty stents were patent.

Conclusion: For the purpose of assessing suspected coronary stents, particularly those with large diameters, multi-detector CT is thought to be a practical and trustworthy non-invasive imaging method.

Keywords

Coronary Artery Stent, Stenosis, Assessment, Coronary CT Angiography

Subject Area

Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular, Cardiology

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