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Department of Cardiology, Heart Center, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Coronary artery disease (CAD) affects over 200 million individuals globally, accounting for approximately 9 million deaths annually. Patients living with diabetes mellitus exhibit an up to fourfold increased risk of developing CAD compared to individuals without diabetes. Furthermore, CAD is responsible for 40 to 80 percent of the observed mortality rates among patients with type 2 diabetes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFImpact of an institutional process change adopting end-systolic coronary CTA acquisition and automated dose selection on patient throughput and image quality.
J Cardiovasc Comput Tomogr
October 2024
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA, USA; Division of Noninvasive Cardiovascular Imaging, Department of Radiology and Medical Imaging, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA, USA. Electronic address:
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- Guidelines suggest using ECG-triggered mid-diastolic CCTA after heart rate optimization for better image quality, but switching to prospective end-systolic acquisition may reduce motion artifacts and the need for beta-blockers.
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