Lower contrast agent dose feasible in 320 row CT angiography
Saturday, October 1, 2011 - 04:00
in Health & Medicine
The analysis of 180 CT angiography studies done using a 320 detector row CT scanner found that a contrast media protocol based on 60 milliliters of iopamidol "had sufficient enhancement in more than 96% of coronary segments," said Frank Rybicki, MD, of Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, and one of the authors of the study.