High-pitch coronary CT angiography in dual-source CT during freebreathing vs. breath holding in patients with low heart rates

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 82, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2217-2221

  Bischoff, Bernhard ^a,b   Meinel, Felix G ^a,b   Del Prete, Alessandra ^c   Reiser, Maximilian F ^a,b   Becker, Hans Christoph ^a,b  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b DZHK GERMAN CENTRE FOR CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breath holding; CCTA; Dual source CT; Free breathing; High pitch mode

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CONTRAST MEDIUM; IMERON 350; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREATH HOLDING; BREATHING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST;

BREATH HOLDING; CCTA; DUAL-SOURCE CT; FREE BREATHING; HIGH-PITCH MODE;

BREATH HOLDING; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOGRAPHY, DUAL-ENERGY SCANNED PROJECTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84890786132     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2013.09.003     Document Type: Article

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