Academic Radiology
Volume 13, Issue 1 , Pages 95-103 , January 2006

Contrast Enhancement in Electron Beam Tomography of the Heart: Comparison of a Monomeric and a Dimeric Iodinated Contrast Agent in 59 Patients1

  • Christian N.H. Enzweiler, MD

      Affiliations

    • Institut für Radiologie, Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Charité Campus Mitte, Schumannstraβe 20/21, 10117 Berlin, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: C.N.H.E
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  • Sebastian Höhn, MD

      Affiliations

    • Strahlenklinik, Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Charité Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Berlin, Germany
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  • Matthias Taupitz, MD

      Affiliations

    • Institut für Radiologie, Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Charité Campus Mitte, Schumannstraβe 20/21, 10117 Berlin, Germany
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  • Alexander E. Lembcke, MD

      Affiliations

    • Institut für Radiologie, Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Charité Campus Mitte, Schumannstraβe 20/21, 10117 Berlin, Germany
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  • Till H. Wiese, MD

      Affiliations

    • Radiologisches Institut, Augusta-Kranken-Anstalt Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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  • Bernd Hamm, MD

      Affiliations

    • Institut für Radiologie, Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Charité Campus Mitte, Schumannstraβe 20/21, 10117 Berlin, Germany
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  • Dietmar E. Kivelitz, MD

      Affiliations

    • Institut für Radiologie, Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Charité Campus Mitte, Schumannstraβe 20/21, 10117 Berlin, Germany

Received 17 May 2005 ,Revised 21 September 2005 ,Accepted 21 September 2005.

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PII: S1076-6332(05)00811-1

doi: 10.1016/j.acra.2005.09.089

Academic Radiology
Volume 13, Issue 1 , Pages 95-103 , January 2006

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