Prevalence and impact of scan-related anxiety during coronary CT angiography: A prospective cohort study of 366 patients

Scanxiety, the anxiety/stress associated with an imaging test, has never been evaluated in relation to coronary CT angiography (Coronary CTA). As it could impact heart rate and thereby affect image quality of Coronary CTA, we aimed to evaluate the prevalence, severity, and impact of scanxiety on quality and interpretability of Coronary CTA.

Source: Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography - May 4, 2018 Category: Radiology Authors: Micka ël Ohana, Stephanie L. Sellers, John Mooney, Shaw-Hua Kueh, Rominder Grover, Chesnal D. Arepalli, Kapilan Selvakumar, Ung Kim, Philipp Blanke, Jonathon A. Leipsic Tags: Research paper Source Type: research