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Volume 360:2027-2031 May 7, 2009 Number 19
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Coronary Angiography by 64-Row CT

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To the Editor: In their article on the Coronary Artery Evaluation Using 64-Row Multidetector Computed Tomography Angiography (CORE 64) trial (Nov. 27 issue),1 Miller et al. rather miss the point of contemporary computed tomographic (CT) angiography, as do Redberg and Walsh in their accompanying Perspective article.2 CT angiography will never replace catheter angiography in the same manner that CT pulmonary angiography has usurped its invasive counterpart as the standard. Even the use of CT scanners with a steadily rising number of detectors is unlikely to fully overcome the limits on spatial resolution imposed by cardiac motion.

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