Contrast agent volume for coronary computed tomography angiography imaging in current clinical practice

Thomas J Stocker; Russell Bull; Nico Buls; Jonathon Leipsic; Benjamin Chow; Pál Maurovich-Horvat; Marcio S Bittencourt; Jeroen J Bax; Daniele Andreini; Marcus Y Chen; Ronen Rubinshtein; Martin Hadamitzky; Steffen Massberg; Jörg Hausleiter

doi:10.1016/j.jcct.2021.10.009

Contrast agent volume for coronary computed tomography angiography imaging in current clinical practice

J Cardiovasc Comput Tomogr. 2022 Mar-Apr;16(2):191-193. doi: 10.1016/j.jcct.2021.10.009. Epub 2021 Oct 30.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik I, LMU Klinikum, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany; DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Munich Heart Alliance, Munich, Germany. Electronic address: thomas.stocker@med.uni-muenchen.de.
² Royal Bournemouth Hospital, Bournemouth, UK.
³ Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel (UZ Brussel), Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Belgium.
⁴ University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
⁵ University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Canada.
⁶ MTA-SE Cardiovascular Imaging Research Group, Medical Imaging Centre, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary.
⁷ Delboni/DASA, Sao Paulo, Brazil; University Hospital, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
⁸ Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands; Dept of Cardiology, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland.
⁹ Centro Cardiologico Monzino, Milan, Italy; Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences "Luigi Sacco", University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
¹⁰ National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, USA.
¹¹ Heart Institute, Edith Wolfson Medical Center, Holon, Israel.
¹² Institut für Radiologie und Nuklearmedizin, Deutsches Herzzentrum München, Munich, Germany.
¹³ Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik I, LMU Klinikum, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany; DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Munich Heart Alliance, Munich, Germany.
¹⁴ Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik I, LMU Klinikum, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany; DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Munich Heart Alliance, Munich, Germany. Electronic address: joerg.hausleiter@med.uni-muenchen.de.

PMID: 34742666
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcct.2021.10.009

No abstract available

Keywords: Cardiac imaging; Contrast agent; Contrast-induced nephropathy; Coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA); Image quality.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Computed Tomography Angiography / methods
Contrast Media*
Coronary Angiography / methods
Coronary Artery Disease* / diagnostic imaging
Humans
Predictive Value of Tests
Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods

Substances

Contrast Media