Narrowing the phase window width in prospectively ECG-gated single heart beat 320-detector row coronary CT angiography

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 85-90

  Steigner, Michael L ^a   Otero, Hansel J ^a   Cai, Tianxi ^a,b   Mitsouras, Dimitrios ^a   Nallamshetty, Leelakrishna ^a   Whitmore, Amanda G ^a   Ersoy, Hale ^a   Levit, Noah A ^a   Di Carli, Marcelo F ^a   Rybicki, Frank J ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

320 Multidetector computed tomography; Coronary CT angiography; CT acquisition window; Prospective ECG gating; Radiation dose

Indexed keywords

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; METOPROLOL;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART BEAT; HEART RATE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY;

ADULT; AGED; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; IOPAMIDOL; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 56949100981     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-008-9347-8     Document Type: Article

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