Use of saline chaser in the intravenous, administration of contrast material in non-invasive coronary angiography with 16-row multislice computed tomography;Utilizzo della soluzione salina nella somministrazione endovenosa del mezzo di contrasto in coronarografia non invasiva con TC multistrato a 16 detettori

Radiologia Medica

Volumn 107, Issue 5-6, 2004, Pages 497-505

  Cademartiri, Filippo ^a,e   Luccichenti, Giacomo ^b   Marano, Riccardo ^c   Runza, Giuseppe ^d   Midiri, Massimo ^d  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ONLUS   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^e NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Computed tomography, multislice CT; Contrast material; Coronary angiography, bolus chaser

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DESCENDING AORTA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PULMONARY ARTERY; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN;

ADULT; AGED; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 3142772606     PISSN: 00338362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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