Computed tomography (CT) angiography supplies physicians with valuable treatment information for patients with peripheral vascular disease. Diagnostic CT angiography is also useful for monitoring patients after endovascular or open-surgical operations. An exam, performed and interpreted by nationally recognized Mount Sinai radiologists, takes 10 to 15 minutes.

Mount Sinai Heart obtains all CT angiography results using state-of-the-art scanners certified by the American College of Radiology and validated by multiple clinical studies in the United States and abroad. Clinicians may review studies on dedicated workstations with advanced three-dimensional analysis software.

Depending on the location of the disease, our doctors can focus the target of the imaging. For patients with likely symptoms of stroke, we can analyze carotid circulation. For those with intermittent claudication (leg pain while walking) or critical limb ischemia (reduced blood flow to the extremities), we examine the arteries that supply the limbs. Patients with systemic disorders like vasculitis can have their entire peripheral vessel network visualized by whole-body CT angiography.

For certain patients, such as those with allergy to contrast dye, MR angiography is an accurate alternative to CT angiography.