Radiation dose exposure of computed tomography coronary angiography: Comparison of dual-source, 16-slice and 64-slice CT

Heart

Volumn 95, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 1337-1342

  Rixe, J ^a   Conradi, G ^a   Rolf, A ^a   Schmermund, A ^b   Magedanz, A ^b   Erkapic, D ^a   Deetjen, A ^c   Hamm, C W ^a   Dill, T ^a  

^a KERCKHOFF HEART CENTER   (Germany)

^b CARDIOANGIOLOGISCHES CENTRUM BETHANIEN   (Germany)

^c Katharinenhospital ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; IOPAMIDOL; ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE; METOPROLOL;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSIMETRY; DUAL SOURCE COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD;

AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 68049147545     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2008.161018     Document Type: Article

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