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Cademartiri F
Use of saline chaser in the intravenous administration of contrast material non invasive coronary angiography with 16 row multislice CT
Diagnostic accuracy of multislice computed tomography coronary angiography is improved at low heart rates
CT and CT angiography scan technique.
Relazione tra decorsi miocardici e carico aterosclerotico coronarico studiata mediante angiografia coronarica con TC a 64 strati (AC-TCMS)
CORONARY VARIANTS AND ANOMALIES : METHODOLOGY OF VISUALISATION WITH 64-SLICE CT AND PREVALENCE IN 202 CONSECUTIVE PATIENTS
Virtual bronchoscopy in patients with central endobronchial stenosing lesions. Technique optimisation with single slice spiral CT.
PURPOSE: To describe an original protocol for single slice spiral Computed Tomography (CT) virtual bronchoscopy in the evaluation of patients with central airway stenoses and compare the results with fibreoptic bronchoscopy. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Ten patients (4 female and 6 male; age range 22-60 years; mean age 44 years) with endobronchial disease diagnosed by fibreoptic bronchoscopy (8 malignant tumours, 1 benign tumour and 1 fibroid stenosis) underwent virtual bronchoscopy with single slice spiral CT. A panoramic spiral CT scan of the whole chest was first obtained. Once the area of interest had been identified, a new contrast enhanced scan was performed, from bottom to top, with the fo…
Thoracic cardiovascular imaging with 16 row multislice computed tomography and retrospective ECG-gating.Technical note
CT anatomy of the heart and classification in coronary segments.
Acceptance of non-invasive Multislice CT Coronary Angiography: is it a real patient-friendly technique?
ECG-gated Multidetector Computed Tomography as a Standard Tool before Aortic Surgery
The use of contrast-enhanced ultrasonography in the diagnosis and follow-up of Crohn's Disease
64-slice computed tomography coronary angiography : diagnostic accuracy in the real world.
Myocardial bridging and related coronary atherosclerotic burden by 64-slice CT coronary angiography
Myocardial bridging and associated coronary atherosclerosis studied by 64-slice CT Coronary Angiography.
MDCT-CA VERSUS MYOCARDIAL SCINTIGRAPHY TO DETECT SIGNIFICANT CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
Influence of intracoronary attenuation on coronary plaque measurements using multislice computed tomogarphy : observation in an ex vivo model of coronary computed tomography angiography
Influenza dei filtri di convoluzione sulla misurazione dei valori di attenuazione della placca durante angiografia coronarica mediante TC multistrato
Lights and shadows of cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in acute myocarditis
Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) is considered a primary tool for the diagnosis of acute myocarditis, due to its unique potential for non-invasive identification of the various hallmarks of the inflammatory response, with relevant impact on patient management and prognosis. Nonetheless, a marked variation in sensitivity and negative predictive value has been reported in the literature, reflecting the intrinsic drawbacks of current diagnostic criteria, which are based mainly on the use of conventional CMR pulse sequences. As a consequence, a negative exam cannot reliably exclude the diagnosis, especially in patients who do not present an infarct-like onset of disease. The introduction of new…
INFLUENCE OF INTRA-CORONARY ENHANCEMENT ON DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY WITH 64-SLICE CT CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY
We assessed the effect of intra-coronary attenuation on diagnostic accuracy using 64-slice computed tomography coronary angiography (CT-CA). We enrolled 170 patients with suspected coronary artery disease who underwent conventional coronary angiography (CA) and 64-slice CT-CA (100 ml of Iomeprol 400 mg I/ml at 4 ml/s). The study population was divided into two groups (85 patients each based on median attenuation of 326 HU) based on mean arterial attenuation; group 1 with low attenuation and group 2 with high attenuation. Diagnostic accuracy for the detection of significant coronary artery stenosis was determined for both groups using CA as reference standard. Overall, 163 significant stenos…
MDCT-CA volume rendering/auto track vs. MPR/MIP analysis to assess coronary artery stenosis
Impact of intravascular enhancement, heart rate, and calcium score on diagnostic accuracy in multislice computed tomography coronary angiography.
PURPOSE: To assess the effect of intravascular enhancement, heart rate, and calcium score on diagnostic accuracy in the detection of significant coronary artery stenosis using 16-row multislice computed tomography (MSCT). MATERIALS AND METHODS: One hundred patients (88 males; 59+/-11 years) with suspected coronary artery disease who had undergone conventional coronary angiography (CA) and MSCT-CA were retrospectively enrolled for the study. Patients underwent a MSCT-CA, with the following protocol: collimation 16x0.75 mm, gantry rotation time 420 ms, feed/rotation 2.8 mm, kV 120, mAs 400-500. The protocol for contrast material administration was 100 ml of Iodixanol 320 mgI/ml at 4 ml/s and …