Effects of iopamidol-370 versus iodixanol-320 on coronary contrast, branch depiction, and heart rate variability in dual-source coronary MDCT angiography

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 197, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Christensen, Jared D ^a   Meyer, Laura T ^a   Hurwitz, Lynne M ^a   Boll, Daniel T ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrast agent; Coronary MDCT; Heart rate

Indexed keywords

IODIXANOL; IOPAMIDOL;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTA ROOT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PITCH; POWER ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIAC-GATED IMAGING TECHNIQUES; CHEST PAIN; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; IOPAMIDOL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRIIODOBENZOIC ACIDS;

EID: 80052214551     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.10.6154     Document Type: Article

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