Determinants of vessel contrast in BMI-adapted low dose CT coronary angiography with prospective ECG-triggering

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 625-630

  Herzog, Bernhard A ^a   Husmann, Lars ^a   Valenta, Ines ^a   Tay, Fabian M ^a   Burkhard, Nina ^a   Gaemperli, Oliver ^a   Wyss, Christophe A ^a   Landmesser, Ulf ^a   Kaufmann, Philipp A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Body surface area; Cardiac output; Computed tomography coronary angiography; Vessel attenuation

Indexed keywords

IODIXANOL; TETROFOSMIN TC 99M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VOLUME; BODY MASS; BODY SURFACE; BOLUS INJECTION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTRAST RADIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST TO NOISE RATIO; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART OUTPUT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE NOISE; IMAGE QUALITY; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTIFACTS; BLOOD VOLUME; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY SURFACE AREA; CARDIAC OUTPUT; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; ORGANOTECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRIIODOBENZOIC ACIDS;

EID: 67849126794     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-009-9460-3     Document Type: Article

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