Coronary computed tomography angiography during arrhythmia: Radiation dose reduction with prospectively ECG-triggered axial and retrospectively ECG-gated helical 128-slice dual-source CT

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Lee, Ashley M ^a   Engel, Leif Christopher ^a   Shah, Baiju ^a   Liew, Gary ^a   Sidhu, Manavjot S ^a   Kalra, Mannudeep ^a   Abbara, Suhny ^a   Brady, Thomas J ^a   Hoffmann, Udo ^a   Ghoshhajra, Brian B ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Coronary computed tomography angiography; Radiation dose reduction

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ALGORITHM; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DOSIMETRY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 84862005721     PISSN: 19345925     EISSN: 1876861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcct.2012.04.003     Document Type: Article

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