Accuracy of sixteen-slice CT scanners in detected coronary artery disease.

Background: The coronary artery disease, now, the incidence is increasing in both developed and developing countries. The investigation is evoluted and non-invasive multislice CT scanners have been used more frequently, although the gold standard is still the coronary angiography.

Objective: To investigate the accuracy in detected coronary artery disease by using 16-slice CT scanners compared to the conventional coronary angiography.