Comparison of monophasic vs biphasic administration of contrast material in non-invasive coronary angiography using a 16-row multislice computed tomography;Confronto tra tecnica monofasica e tecnica bifasica di somministrazione del mezzo di contrasto in coronarograria non invasiva mediante TC multistrato a 16 canali

Radiologia Medica

Volumn 107, Issue 5-6, 2004, Pages 489-496

  Cademartiri, Filippo ^a,d   Luccichenti, Giacomo ^b   Marano, Riccardo ^c   Gualerzi, Massimo ^b   Brambilla, Lorenzo ^b   Coruzzi, Paolo ^b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^d NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Computed tomography, multislice; Coronary arteries, CT angiography, contrast media

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; DESCENDING AORTA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; PULMONARY ARTERY;

CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 3142775522     PISSN: 00338362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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