Comparison of iodinated contrast media for the assessment of atherosclerotic plaque attenuation values by CT coronary angiography: Observations in an ex vivo model

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 86, Issue 1021, 2013, Pages

  La Grutta, Ludovico ^a   Galia, M ^a   Gentile, G ^a   Lo Re, G ^a   Grassedonio, E ^a   Coppolino, F ^a   Maffei, E ^b   Maresi, E ^a   Lo Casto, A ^a   Cademartiri, F ^b,c   Midiri, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b Giovanni XXIII Hospital   (Italy)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM; IODIXANOL; IOMEPROL; OIL; SODIUM CHLORIDE; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; IODOBENZOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; IOPAMIDOL;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIAC IMAGING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; EX VIVO STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; RADIOLOGIST; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DOSE RESPONSE; IN VITRO STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; IOPAMIDOL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRIIODOBENZOIC ACIDS;

EID: 84871874377     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr.20120238     Document Type: Article

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