A low-dose comprehensive cardiac CT protocol assessing anatomy, function, perfusion, and viability

Radiation exposure in cardiac imaging is a major healthcare concern and low-dose cardiac imaging has important implications for patients. We describe the application of a low-dose comprehensive cardiac computed tomography protocol that assesses anatomy, function, perfusion and viability with correla...

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Autores principales: Williams, Michelle C., Cruden, Nicholas L., Uren, Neal G., Newby, David E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2013
Materias:
Images in Cardiovascular CT
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3605584/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23333187
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcct.2012.11.005
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Sumario:Radiation exposure in cardiac imaging is a major healthcare concern and low-dose cardiac imaging has important implications for patients. We describe the application of a low-dose comprehensive cardiac computed tomography protocol that assesses anatomy, function, perfusion and viability with correlations to invasive coronary angiography and magnetic resonance imaging.

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