Contrast material injection protocol with the flow rate adjusted to the heart rate for dual source CT coronary angiography

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1557-1565

  Zhu, Xiaomei ^a   Chen, Wenping ^a   Li, Mei ^a   Xu, Yi ^a   Xu, Hai ^a   Zhu, Yinsu ^a   Wang, Dehang ^a   Tang, Lijun ^a  

^a NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Contrast material; Coronary CT angiography; Dual source CT; Flow rate; Heart rate

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; ATTENUATION; BODY MASS; CARDIAC IMAGING; CONTRAST MATERIAL FLOW RATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; DUAL SOURCE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLOW RATE; GENDER; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RATE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIAC OUTPUT; CARDIAC-GATED IMAGING TECHNIQUES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHINA; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; IOHEXOL; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84870466286     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: 15730743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-011-9950-y     Document Type: Article

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