Efficacy of pre-scan beta-blockade and impact of heart rate on image quality in patients undergoing coronary multidetector computed tomography angiography

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 37-41

  Shapiro, Michael D ^a   Pena, Antonio J ^a   Nichols, John H ^a   Worrell, Stewart ^a   Bamberg, Fabian ^a   Dannemann, Nina ^a   Abbara, Suhny ^a   Cury, Ricardo C ^a   Brady, Thomas J ^a   Hoffmann, Udo ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Beta blocker; Computed tomography angiography; Heart rate; Image quality; Multidetector computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; BLOOD VESSELS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESES; IMAGE QUALITY; PATIENT MONITORING;

BETA BLOCKER; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY ANGIOGRAPHY; HEART RATES; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; METOPROLOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ARTIFACTS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; METOPROLOL; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRIIODOBENZOIC ACIDS;

EID: 41149178750     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2007.05.006     Document Type: Article

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