Initial experience on the application of 320-row CT angiography with low-dose prospective ECG-triggered in children with congenital heart disease

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1787-1797

  Zhang, Tong ^a   Wang, Wei ^a   Luo, Zhuren ^a   Wang, Dan ^a   Bai, Jinquan ^a   Han, Dong ^a   Shen, Baozhong ^a  

^a HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

320 Row CT angiography; Congenital heart disease; Prospective ECG triggered; Radiation exposure; Transthoracic echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIAC IMAGING; CARDIOVASCULAR MALFORMATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NEWBORN; RADIATION DOSE; SCHOOL CHILD; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGE FACTORS; CARDIAC-GATED IMAGING TECHNIQUES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIATION DOSAGE; VASCULAR MALFORMATIONS;

EID: 84870447572     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: 15730743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-011-0005-1     Document Type: Article

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