Heart Scanner Stirs New Hope and a Debate

A discussion on the latest and greatest – multidetector CT scans (MDCT) for coronary artery disease, along with all the controversy of an emerging technology: “Depending on which way the scanning market goes, the nation could save a fortune on diagnostic tests, and medical care could be improved. Or expenses could soar and patients could be harmed. The question is, how, if at all, can the technology be controlled?”

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