Prospectively gated coronary computed tomography angiography: Uncompromised quality with markedly reduced radiation exposure in Acute Chest pain evaluation

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 463-467

  Goitein, Orly ^a   Beigel, Roy ^a   Matetzky, Shlomi ^a   Kuperstein, Rafael ^a   Brosh, Sella ^a   Eshet, Yael ^a   di Segni, Elio ^a   Konen, Eli ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Chest pain unit; Coronary computed tomography angiography; Prospective electrocardiographic gating

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; BODY MASS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GATED IMAGING; HEART RATE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; THORAX PAIN;

ARTIFACTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHEST PAIN; COHORT STUDIES; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IOPAMIDOL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 80052527452     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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