Improvement of image quality with β-blocker premedication on ECG-gated 16-MDCT coronary angiography

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 184, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 649-654

  Shim, Sung Shine ^a   Kim, Yookyung ^a   Lim, Soo Mee ^a  

^a Mokdong Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; PROPRANOLOL DERIVATIVE; PROPRANOLOL;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CYCLE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREMEDICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; TREATMENT OUTCOME; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DRUG EFFECT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPRANOLOL; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 15944402152     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.184.2.01840649     Document Type: Article

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