Letter regarding Groves et al. “Feasibility of low radiation dose retrospectively-gated cardiac CT for functional analysis in adult congenital heart disease”

The excellent paper by Dr. Groves et al. highlights the issues surrounding determining whether a low radiation dose cardiac CT would be feasible to evaluate ventricular systolic function in adult congenital heart disease (CHD) patients [1]. The main findings: First, the median radiation dose for contrast-enhanced CT scans in evaluating ventricular systolic function was less than 1  mSv. Second, no patients were excluded due to body size, heart rate or heart rhythm, which could make wider implementation possible.

Source: International Journal of Cardiology - November 16, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Chunjuan Sun, Benxia Yu, Ruisheng Li, Yinghong Shi, Weiwei Wang, Tiangang Leng, Junwei Lv, Ximing Wang Tags: Letter to the editor Source Type: research