ECG-gated chest CT angiography with 64-MDCT and tri-phasic IV contrast administration regimen in patients with acute non-specific chest pain

European Radiology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 308-317

  Litmanovitch, Diana ^a   Zamboni, Giulia A ^a   Hauser, Thomas H ^a   Lin, Pei Jan P ^a   Clouse, Melvin E ^a   Raptopoulos, Vassilios ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute chest pain; Computed tomography; Coronary arteries; ECG gated chest CT; Emergency department

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; IOVERSOL; METOPROLOL; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVENTIONAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DOSIMETRY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; GATED IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; KAPPA STATISTICS; LUNG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX PAIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; AORTOGRAPHY; CHEST PAIN; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PLEURAL DISEASES; PULMONARY ARTERY; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRIIODOBENZOIC ACIDS; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 39049156813     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-007-0739-2     Document Type: Article

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