Seeing is believing: pathway strategies for a personalised non-invasive diagnosis of coronary artery disease

• Published in: Internal and emergency medicine Vol. 19; no. 2; pp. 259 - 263
• Main Authors: Sutelman, Pablo, Radike, Monika, Vilahur, Gemma
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 01.03.2024; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Atherosclerosis; Body fat; Cardiology; Cardiovascular disease; Coronary Angiography - methods; Coronary artery disease; Coronary Artery Disease - diagnosis; Coronary Artery Disease - therapy; Coronary vessels; Diagnosis; Emergency medical care; Heart; Heart diseases; Humans; IM-Point of view; Internal Medicine; Ischemia; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Patients; Predictive Value of Tests; Radiation; Tomography; Vein & artery diseases; Computed tomography; Coronary artery disease; Imaging; Magnetic resonance
• ISSN: 1828-0447; 1970-9366
• DOI: 10.1007/s11739-023-03526-y

Coronary artery disease (CAD) diagnosis requires a precise assessment of patient profile and disease extension. While non-invasive imaging modalities offer an in-depth evaluation of CAD through differential approaches, this is based primarily on detecting coronary plaques or inducible myocardial ischaemia, thus each offering only a partial outlook of this condition. The improvement in appropriately identifying CAD patients at risk of developing major adverse cardiovascular events and guiding treatment outcomes will require developing a personalised diagnostic strategy for a value-based application of current technologies.