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Diagnostic Accuracy of Rapid Kilovolt Peak–Switching Dual-Energy CT Coronary Angiography in Patients With a High Calcium Score

Authors :
Gianluca Pontone
Valentina Volpato
Andrea Annoni
Chiara Segurini
Daniele Andreini
Andrea Baggiano
Cesare Fiorentini
Virginia Beltrama
Edoardo Conte
Saima Mushtaq
Erika Bertella
Antonio L. Bartorelli
Maria Petullà
Marta Giovannardi
Mauro Pepi
Alberto Formenti
Daniela Trabattoni
Source :
JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging. (6):746-748
Publisher :
American College of Cardiology Foundation. Published by Elsevier Inc.

Abstract

Beam-hardening artifacts resulting from heavily calcified plaques in patients with a high coronary calcium score (CCS) may reduce coronary computed tomography angiography (CTA) diagnostic accuracy of the increased false-positive rate [(1)][1]. A recently introduced computed tomography (CT)

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1936878X
Issue :
6
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....3ec66d7b1e420e13e5876ad046529925
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcmg.2014.10.013