Contrast bolus optimization for cardiac 16-slice computed tomography: Comparison of contrast medium formulations containing 300 and 400 milligrams of iodine per milliliter

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 460-467

  Rist, Carsten ^a   Nikolaou, Konstantin ^a   Kirchin, Miles A ^b   Van Gessel, Roland ^c   Ty Bae, Kyongtae ^d   Von Ziegler, Franz ^a   Knez, Andreas ^a   Wintersperger, Bernd J ^a   Reiser, Maximilian F ^a   Becker, Christoph R ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Bracco Imaging SpA   (Italy)

^c Bracco Altana Pharma   (Germany)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac CT; Contrast density; Contrast media; Multidetector row CT; Test bolus

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; IODINE; IOMEPROL; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; IOPAMIDOL;

ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; FEMALE; FLOW RATE; HEART VENTRICLE; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOCARDIOGRAPHY; VOMITING; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; IOPAMIDOL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33746700916     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rli.0000208239.34723.5d     Document Type: Article

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