ArticleJournal of computer assisted tomography
Diagnostic quality of dual-source coronary CT examinations performed without heart rate control: importance of obesity and heart rate on image quality.
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- Cardiac Repair and Regeneration via Advanced Technology: Narrative Literature Review.JMIR biomedical engineering · 2025Review
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- Is There Any Improvement in Image Quality in Obese Patients When Using a New X-ray Tube and Deep Learning Image Reconstruction in Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography?Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
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- Health Care Monitoring and Treatment for Coronary Artery Diseases: Challenges and Issues.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Review
- Low-Dose Radiation Advances in Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography in the Diagnosis of Coronary Artery Disease.Current cardiology reviews · 2019Review
- Relation of Plasma Lipoprotein(a) to Subclinical Coronary Plaque Volumes, Three-Vessel and Left Main Coronary Disease, and Severe Coronary Stenoses in Apparently Healthy African-Americans With a Family History of Early-Onset Coronary Artery Disease.The American journal of cardiology · 2016Article
- Diagnostic Value of Dual-Source Computerized Tomography Combined with Perfusion Imaging for Peripheral Pulmonary Embolism.Iranian journal of radiology : a quarterly journal published by the Iranian Radiological Society · 2016Article
- Comparison of coronary plaque, coronary artery calcification and major adverse cardiac events in Chinese outpatients with and without type 2 diabetes.SpringerPlus · 2016Review
- Application of intelligent optimal kV scanning technology (CARE kV) in dual-source computed tomography (DSCT) coronary angiography.International journal of clinical and experimental medicine · 2015Article
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Abstract
objectivesFor dual-source cardiac computed tomography (CT) scans without heart rate (HR) control, the influence of body habitus on quality is uncertain. We evaluated study quality across a range of HRs and body size.
methodsOne hundred sixty subjects were randomly selected for 4 HR groups (<70, 70-79, 80-89, ≥90 beats per minute) from 703 subjects who underwent cardiac CT without premedication. Coronary visualization quality was scored on a 3-point scale (1, nondiagnostic; 2, diagnostic; 3, excellent).
resultsNinety-nine percent of coronaries were diagnostic quality. Six vessels were nondiagnostic, mostly due to motion. Nondiagnostic or diagnostic scores (<3) were greatest in the group with HR of more than or equal to 90 beats per minute. All normal weight subjects had excellent quality, but 6% of vessels in overweight and 17% in obese subjects had diagnostic scores less than 3. The mean effective dose was 11.4 mSv and correlated with body size.
conclusionsDiagnostic quality cardiac CT examinations can be obtained without premedication regardless of body size.
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