Prospective-triggered sequential dual-source end-systolic coronary CT angiography for patients with atrial fibrillation: A feasibility study

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 102-109

  Srichai, Monvadi B ^a   Barreto, Mitya ^b   Lim, Ruth P ^c   Donnino, Robert ^d   Babb, James S ^d   Jacobs, Jill E ^d  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Siemens Healthcare   (Germany)

^c AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Coronary artery disease; Coronary CT angiography; Prospective triggering

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; R WAVE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; STENOSIS;

ALGORITHMS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC-GATED IMAGING TECHNIQUES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOGRAPHY, DUAL-ENERGY SCANNED PROJECTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84876883749     PISSN: 19345925     EISSN: 1876861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcct.2013.02.002     Document Type: Article

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