Computed Tomography Angiogram (CT Angiogram)

Aortic CT Angiogram, Brain CT Angiogram, Carotid CT Angiogram, Cerebral CT Angiogram, Coronary Artery CT Angiogram, Heart CT Angiogram, Kidney CT Angiogram, Renal CT Angiogram

References

Citations

1. Einstein AJ, et al. (2007). Estimating risk of cancer associated with radiation exposure from 64-slice computed tomography coronary angiography. JAMA, 298(3): 317–323.

Other Works Consulted

• Bluemke, D, et al. (2008). Noninvasive Coronary Artery Imaging: Magnetic Resonance Angiography and Multidetector Computed Tomography Angiography: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association Committee on Cardiovascular Imaging and Intervention of the Council on Cardiovascular Radiology and Intervention, and the Councils on Clinical Cardiology and Cardiovascular Disease in the Young. Circulation, 118:586-606.

• Budoff M, et al. (2006). Assessment of coronary artery disease by cardiac computed tomography: A scientific statement from the American Heart Association Committee on Cardiovascular Imaging and Intervention, Council on Cardiovascular Radiology and Intervention, and Committee on Cardiac Imaging, Council on Clinical Cardiology. Circulation, 114(16): 1761–1791.

• Einstein A. (2009). Radiation Protection of Patients Undergoing Cardiac Computed Tomographic Angiography. JAMA, 301(5): 545-547.

• Hausleiter, J, et al. (2009). Estimated Radiation Dose Associated With Cardiac CT Angiography. JAMA, 301(5): 500-507.

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