Dual-source CT coronary imaging in heart transplant recipients: Image quality and optimal reconstruction interval

European Radiology

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1791-1799

  Bastarrika, Gorka ^a   De Cecco, Carlo N ^b   Arraiza, Maria ^a   Ubilla, Matias ^a   Mastrobuoni, Stefano ^a   Pueyo, Jesús C ^a   Rábago, Gregorio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CLINIC OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coronary vessels; Dual Source CT; Heart; Heart transplantation; Image quality; Reconstruction interval

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIAC ALLOGRAFT VASCULOPATHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIASTOLE; DUAL SOURCE COMPUTED ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CYCLE; HEART GRAFT; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RR INTERVAL; SYSTOLE;

ADULT; AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 49049111796     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-008-0957-2     Document Type: Article

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