Terry Bertman was lying in bed when she felt strong pains in her chest and a tingling down both arms. Her doctor suggested she undergo an exam on the Siemens SOMATOM Definition™, the world’s first dual-source CT scanner. The Definition uses two X-ray sources simultaneously and allows physicians to scan the beating heart more quickly and without the need for patients to take beta blocker medications to slow the heart.

The highly defined images created by the dual-source CT system help physicians exclude the presence of heart disease more accurately or confirm that there is a problem in the arteries that requires further testing. Fortunately for Terry, her exam showed that her heart was healthy.

Some experts predict that dual-source CT could have the biggest impact in the emergency room, where it can rule out heart disease for the majority of patients who present to the emergency room with chest pains.

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