Comparison of reconstruction intervals in routine ECG-pulsed 64-row-MSCT coronary angiography in frequency controlled patients

CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 79-84

  Frydrychowicz, Alex ^a   Pache, Gregor ^a   Saueressig, Ulrich ^a   Föll, Daniela ^a   Kotter, Elmar ^a   Langer, Mathias ^a   Bley, Thorsten A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Frequency controlled patients; MSCT coronary angiography; Multislice computed tomography; Reconstruction interval

Indexed keywords

ACCUPAQUE 350; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CONTRAST MEDIUM; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; LOPRESOR MITE; METOPROLOL TARTRATE; NITROLINGUAL SPRAY;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART RATE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MULTISLICE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33845414451     PISSN: 01741551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00270-006-0010-2     Document Type: Article

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