Cardiothoracic CT angiography: Current contrast medium delivery strategies

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 196, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Weininger, Markus ^a   Barraza, J Michael ^a   Kemper, Corey A ^b   Kalafut, John F ^b   Costello, Philip ^a   Schoepf, U Joseph ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b Informatics Research Medrad   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiothoracic imaging; Contrast enhancement; Coronary arteries; CT angiography; Pulmonary arteries

Indexed keywords

IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM;

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FLOW RATE; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY VEIN; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION HAZARD; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; THORACIC AORTA; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79952263747     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.10.5814     Document Type: Review

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