Effects of sublingual nitroglycerin on coronary lumen diameter and number of visualized septal branches on 64-MDCT angiography

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 190, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 219-225

  Decramer, Isabel ^a,b   Vanhoenacker, Piet K ^a   Sarno, Giovanna ^b   Van Hoe, Lieven ^a   Bladt, Olivier ^a   Wijns, William ^b   Parizel, Paul M ^c  

^a OLV HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Belgium)

^c ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Coronary angiography; Coronary arteries; Coronary vessels; MDCT coronary angiography; Nitroglycerin

Indexed keywords

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE;

ADULT; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIDE EFFECT; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; TACHYCARDIA;

ADMINISTRATION, SUBLINGUAL; ADULT; AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITROGLYCERIN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 37549054321     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.2648     Document Type: Article

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