High-pitch dual-source CT angiography of the aortic valve-aortic root complex without ECG-synchronization

European Radiology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 205-212

  Karlo, Christoph ^a   Leschka, Sebastian ^a   Goetti, Robert Paul ^a   Feuchtner, Gudrun ^a   Desbiolles, Lotus ^a   Stolzmann, Paul ^a   Plass, Andre ^a   Falk, Volkmar ^a   Marincek, Borut ^a   Alkadhi, Hatem ^a,b   Baumüller, Stephan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aortic valve; DSCT; Dual source computed tomography; High pitch; Radiation dose

Indexed keywords

IOPROMIDE;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA ROOT; AORTA VALVE; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HIGH PITCH DUAL SOURCE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC VALVE; AORTOGRAPHY; CARDIAC-GATED IMAGING TECHNIQUES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIATION DOSAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 78650555385     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-010-1907-3     Document Type: Article

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