Usefulness of diluted contrast medium for test-scanning of infants scheduled for contrast-enhanced cardiovascular computed tomography angiography.

CONCLUSIONS:: Test-scanning with diluted CM revealed the optimal CE peak time and was useful for predicting CE on CCTA scans of the pulmonary artery and ascending aorta in infants with congenital heart disease.
ADVANCES IN KNOWLEDGE:: Diluted test scans help to select the optimal scan parameters for the CCTA study of infants by using CNR-based scanning.
PMID: 30412445 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: The British Journal of Radiology - November 9, 2018 Category: Radiology Authors: Masuda T, Funama Y, Nakaura T, Sato T, Tahara M, Matsumoto Y, Imada N, Miyazaki O, Awai K Tags: Br J Radiol Source Type: research