Table 1.

Comparison between invasive coronary coronary angiography, CTA and magnetic resonance angiography

	CA	CTA	MRA
Noninvasive	No	Yes	Yes
Radiation	Yes	Yes	No
Nephrotoxicity	Yes	Yes	No
Accuracy	+++	++	+
Negative predictive value	+++	+++	++
Cost	High	High	High
Calcium detection	±	+	-
Anomalous coronaries	+++	+++	+++
Ectasia/aneurysm	+++	+++	+++
Graft assessment	+++	+++	+++
CAD evaluation	+++	++	+
Plaque evaluation	+++	±	±

CA: Coronary angiography; MRA: Magnetic resonance angiography; CAD: Coronary artery disease; CTA: Computed tomography coronary angiography.