Apollo Hospitals, Ahmedabad is a 400-bed hospital has an overall success rate of 98%. It handles an average of 20,000 patients a year.
Located just 4 Kms from the Ahmedabad airport, the hospital not only offers world class health care facilities but also has a wonderful serene nature surrounding it. Built over 10 acres of land, the hospital has 75 CCU beds and is the largest corporate hospital in Gujarat offering world class diagnostic, investigation, medical and surgical facilities.
In Recent Times Apollo Hospitals, Ahmedabad has : -
Performed Metal on Metal Knee Replacement surgeries
Performed Renal Transplant for both live donor and cadaver
Performed Stem Cell Transplant
Established First private Oncology Unit set up in Gujarat
Developed the largest and most sophesticated Dialysis Unit with an in-house Reverse Osmosis plant
Developed a World Class Medical Health Check facility
Initiated a Quick response emergency care centre with a fleet of over 6 state of the art ambulances
The specialties offered at Apollo Hospital Ahmedabad
Audiometry & Speech Therapy
Cardiology
Cardiothoracic Surgery
Chest Medicine
Dental Sciences
Dermatology
Diabetology
Emergency Medicine
Endocrinology
ENT
Gastroenterology Medical
Gastroenterology Surgical
General Medicine
General Surgery
Gyneacology
Heamato-oncology
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
Infertility Medicine
Intensive Care
Investigation & Lab Services
Medical Health Check
Nephrology
Neurology & Neuro-sceinces
Obesity Surgery
Oncology
Opthalmology
Orthopaedics
Paediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery
Pain Management
Plastic Surgery
Psycology
Pulmonology
Radiation Oncology
Radiology & Imaging Services
Sexual Medicine
Transplant Medicine
Urology
CT 64 (for CCTA Cardiac CT Angio and other routine CT Procedures) at Apollo Hospital Ahmedabad
Now get your Angiography done without an incision, in just 10 seconds you will know the state of your heart & no admission required.
Some Facts about Angiography procedure carried out on CT-64
Quick & Non-invasive
No incision therefore reduced chances of infection
Good for patients with low to intermediate likelihood of coronary artery disease (CAD) with atypical chest pain and/or prior equivocal or non-diagnostic other tests (e.g. stress testing, nuclear myocardial perfusion imaging).
It also has proved valuable in the detection and exclusion of obstructive CAD, the severity of stenosis, as well as plaque volumes, composition and remodeling.
The scanner acquires thin cross sectional images of the entire chest, which are then stack piled on top of each other with the help of a high end computer and a special software to produce a 3D model of the heart. Superficial portions of the heart are then removed by the radiologist in a meticulously performed "virtual surgery" to reveal the underlying coronary arterial tree, from its origin to its fine tapering branching networks enveloping the surface of the heart. Each of the coronary arteries is then laid open to demonstrate plaques deposited on the inside. The consistency of these plaques, their length and thickness, the percentage of vessel lumen compromise by them and their distribution along the course of coronary arteries are then mapped, studied and displayed.
In contrast with the conventional catheter angiogram, where a dye is injected into the lumen of the coronary artery and hence only the inner contour of the artery can be mapped, the 64 slice CT scanner is able to demonstrate not only the lumen but also the wall of the coronary artery as well as the heart itself on which the arteries rest.
At times, though there is a large cholesterol plaque deposit on the wall of the artery, the artery remodels its lumen and becomes wider. This is called positive remodeling. These plaques may not be picked up on the catheter angiogram, as there is no reduction in the vessel caliber. However, these plaques may also be vulnerable to acute rupture resulting in heart attacks. The 64-slice CT scanner is able to demonstrate these plaques with ease.
Abnormal courses of the coronary arteries are well demonstrated by the 3D model of the heart on the 64-slice CT. It may be tedious and difficult to demonstrate such abnormal arteries by the conventional catheter angiogram.
The 64-slice CT scanner beautifully images coronary artery bypass grafts. Their course, anastomosis as well as flow of dye past them into the native artery are well seen . Stents placed within the native arteries or the grafts can be also imaged for their patency.
The myocardium or the muscular wall of the heart appears brighter as it is perfused by the dye that is injected during the 64-slice CT study. The parts of the muscle, which have a reduced blood supply, show up on the scan as dull or darker areas suggesting ischaemic changes.
A demonstration of the upstream arterial narrowing and downstream myocardial ischaemic area on the 64-slice CT establishes a useful "cause and effect" disease pattern.
At times the coronary arteries have deposits of thick calcified plaques. Looking past these plaques into the lumen of the artery may be difficult on the 64-slice CT scanner.
However, research across the globe indicates that the 64 slice CT can pick up coronary artery disease in 99% of cases and should the scan be normal there is little chance of having any significant disease in the coronary arteries (Excellent negative predictive value)
Chest pain can be caused by several other conditions besides a heart attack, for example aortic dissection, thrombosis in the pulmonary arteries and lung conditions. The 64-slice CT rules out coronary artery disease and demonstrates the true cause of the chest pain in the same sitting by crisp pictures of the other organs inside the chest. This is an advantage over the catheter angiogram.
The 64 Slice CT scanning of the Heart is proving to be a highly valuable non-invasive diagnostic tool in the detection of coronary artery disease especially at its early stage, in bypass graft evaluation and stent patency and in excluding coronary artery disease in patients with atypical chest pain.
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The scanner acquires thin cross sectional images of the entire chest, which are then stack piled on top of each other with the help of a high end computer and a special software to produce a 3D model of the heart. Superficial portions of the heart are then removed by the radiologist in a meticulously performed "virtual surgery" to reveal the underlying coronary arterial tree, from its origin to its fine tapering branching networks enveloping the surface of the heart. Each of the coronary arteries is then laid open to demonstrate plaques deposited on the inside. The consistency of these plaques, their length and thickness, the percentage of vessel lumen compromise by them and their distribution along the course of coronary arteries are then mapped, studied and displayed. 
Abnormal courses of the coronary arteries are well demonstrated by the 3D model of the heart on the 64-slice CT. It may be tedious and difficult to demonstrate such abnormal arteries by the conventional catheter angiogram.
The 64-slice CT scanner beautifully images coronary artery bypass grafts. Their course, anastomosis as well as flow of dye past them into the native artery are well seen . Stents placed within the native arteries or the grafts can be also imaged for their patency.
The myocardium or the muscular wall of the heart appears brighter as it is perfused by the dye that is injected during the 64-slice CT study. The parts of the muscle, which have a reduced blood supply, show up on the scan as dull or darker areas suggesting ischaemic changes.
A demonstration of the upstream arterial narrowing and downstream myocardial ischaemic area on the 64-slice CT establishes a useful "cause and effect" disease pattern.
