Coronary computed tomography angiography: our time has come, but there are miles to go before we sleep.

In this issue of the Journal , Budoff et al. ([1][1]) publish results from the ACCURACY (Assessment by Coronary Computed Tomographic Angiography of Individuals Undergoing Invasive Coronary Angiography) trial comparing noninvasive coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) with invasive

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