Does 16-MDCT angiography scanning direction affect image quality of coronary artery bypass grafts and the native coronary arteries?

European Radiology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 97-102

  Hazirolan, Tuncay ^a   Turkbey, Baris ^a   Karcaaltincaba, Musturay ^a   Akata, Deniz ^a   Sahiner, Levent ^a   Aytemir, Kudret ^a   Oto, M Ali ^a   Balkanci, Ferhun ^a   Besim, Aytekin ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

By passgrafts; Coronary CT angiography; MDCT; Scanning direction

Indexed keywords

IOPAMIDOL; PROPRANOLOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33846053070     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-006-0290-6     Document Type: Article

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