Imaging the heart-lung relationships during a chest computed tomography examination: Is electrocardiographic gating the only option?

Journal of Thoracic Imaging

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 239-246

  Remy Jardin, Martine ^a   Faivre, Jean Baptiste ^a   Santangelo, Teresa ^a   Tacelli, Nunzia ^a   Remy, Jacques ^a  

^a LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIAC GATED IMAGING; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ANEURYSM; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART FORAMEN OVALE; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM PRESSURE; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; IMAGE QUALITY; LUNG ARTERY; LUNG EDEMA; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PATENT FORAMEN OVALE; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; PULSE WAVE; RADIOCARDIOGRAPHY; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART; HUMANS; LUNG; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77956042079     PISSN: 08835993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RTI.0b013e3181e0f8c9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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