Technology, physiology streamline cardiac CTA contrast dose
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In the first study, Dr. Alexander Lembcke and colleagues at Charitè Medical University in Berlin compared a lowand a standard-dose contrast protocol in 60 consecutive patients with body weights ranging from 60 to 80 kg. Thirty of them received a 35-mL dose of contrast injected at 7.5 mL/sec (group A), while the remainder got a 70-mL dose injected at 5 mL/sec (group B). All patients underwent automated contrast injection and a prospective ECG-gated CTA protocol for evaluation of the main pulmonary artery, left atrium, left ventricle, ascending aorta, descending aorta, and left and right coronary arteries.
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Technology, physiology streamline cardiac CTA contrast dose
In the first study, Dr. Alexander Lembcke and colleagues at Charitè Medical University in Berlin compared a lowand a standard-dose contrast protocol in 60 consecutive patients with body weights ranging from 60 to 80 kg. Thirty of them received a 35-mL dose of contrast injected at 7.5 mL/sec (group A), while the remainder got a 70-mL dose injected at 5 mL/sec (group B). All patients underwent au...
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