Contrast Enhancement of the Right Ventricle during Coronary CT Angiography - Is It Necessary?

Madeleine Kok; Bas L. J. H. Kietselaer; Casper Mihl; Sibel Altintas; Estelle C. Nijssen; Joachim E. Wildberger; Marco Das

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0128625

Contrast Enhancement of the Right Ventricle during Coronary CT Angiography - Is It Necessary?

Madeleine Kok^*, Bas L. J. H. Kietselaer, Casper Mihl, Sibel Altintas, Estelle C. Nijssen, Joachim E. Wildberger, Marco Das

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Abstract

Purpose It is unclear if prolonged contrast media injection, to improve right ventricular visualization during coronary CT angiography, leads to increased detection of right ventricle pathology. The purpose of this study was to evaluate right ventricle enhancement and subsequent detection of right ventricle disease during coronary CT angiography. Materials and Methods 472 consecutive patients referred for screening coronary CT angiography were retrospectively evaluated. Every patient underwent multidetector-row CT of the coronary arteries: 128x0.6mm coll., 100-120kV, rot. time 0.28s, ref. mAs 350 and received an individualized (P3T) contrast bolus injection of iodinated contrast medium (300 mgI/ml). Patient data were analyzed to assess right ventricle enhancement (HU) and right ventricle pathology. Image quality was defined good when right ventricle enhancement >200HU, moderate when 140-200HU and poor when

Original language	English
Article number	e0128625
Journal	PLOS ONE
Volume	10
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0128625
Publication status	Published - 1 Jun 2015

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