Dual-source CT coronary angiography: Image quality, mean heart rate, and heart rate variability

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 189, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 567-573

  Matt, David ^a   Scheffel, Hans ^a   Leschka, Sebastian ^a   Flohr, Thomas G ^b   Marincek, Borut ^a   Kaufmann, Philipp A ^a,c   Alkadhi, Hatem ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Coronary angiography; Dual source CT; Heart rate; Image quality

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; FEMALE; HEART BEAT; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ARTIFACTS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; STATISTICS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34548256734     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.2078     Document Type: Article

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