Heart CT Scanner

3 April 2011

Jersey is now providing a state-of-the-art heart scanning service using a new CT scanner. The new scanner gives a 3D reconstruction of the heart arteries in a procedure that takes less than 15 minutes.

Until now, patients had to go to the UK for a coronary angiogram, a more invasive procedure where tubes were inserted into their heart arteries.

The image quality of the new scanner allows us for the first time allows us to look inside patients' heart arteries with incredible resolution. Dr Chris Hare, director of radiology, said: "Our new CT scanner is being used for patients with suspected coronary artery narrowing and will hopefully reduce the need for patients to travel off-island for more invasive and expensive tests."

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