Systolic prospectively ECG-triggered dual-source CT angiography for evaluation of the coronary arteries in heart transplant recipients

European Radiology

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1887-1894

  Bastarrika, Gorka ^a   Broncano, Jordi ^a   Arraiza, María ^a   Azcárate, Pedro M ^a   Simon Yarza, Isabel ^a   Levy Praschker, Beltrán G ^a   Pueyo, Jesús C ^a   Zubieta, José L ^a   Rabago, Gregorio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CLINIC OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Angiography; Computed tomography scanner; Coronary vessels; Heart transplantation; Radiation; X ray

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIAC ALLOGRAFT VASCULOPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHY, DUAL-ENERGY SCANNED PROJECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTOLE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 80052748797     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-011-2126-2     Document Type: Article

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