Evaluation of the liver with virtual non-contrast: Single institution study in 149 patients undergoing TAVR planning.
CONCLUSIONS: VNC performed well in a large cohort of TAVR-examinations yielding equivalent mean attenuations to TNC; however, application of this technique might be limited when no or very little contrast media is present in parenchyma, more precisely in an early arterial-phase of the liver.
ADVANCES IN KNOWLEDGE: This study showed that VNC can be reliably applied in cardiac protocols when certain limitation are considered.
PMID: 31825655 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: The British Journal of Radiology - Category: Radiology Authors: Laukamp KR, Ho V, Lennartz S, Hokamp NG, Zopfs D, Gupta A, Graner FP, Borggrefe J, Gilkeson R, Ramaiya N Tags: Br J Radiol Source Type: research
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