Academic Radiology
Volume 16, Issue 1 , Pages 15-21 , January 2009

Low-dose CT Coronary Angiography Using Prospective ECG-Triggering: Impact of Mean Heart Rate and Heart Rate Variability on Image Quality

  • Bernhard A. Herzog, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Center, University Hospital Zurich, Raemistrasse 100, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland
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  • Lars Husmann, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Center, University Hospital Zurich, Raemistrasse 100, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland
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  • Nina Burkhard, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Center, University Hospital Zurich, Raemistrasse 100, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland
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  • Ines Valenta, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Center, University Hospital Zurich, Raemistrasse 100, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland
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  • Oliver Gaemperli, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Center, University Hospital Zurich, Raemistrasse 100, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland
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  • Fuminari Tatsugami, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Center, University Hospital Zurich, Raemistrasse 100, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland
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  • Christophe A. Wyss, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Center, University Hospital Zurich, Raemistrasse 100, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland
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  • UIf Landmesser, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Center, University Hospital Zurich, Raemistrasse 100, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland
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  • Philipp A. Kaufmann, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Center, University Hospital Zurich, Raemistrasse 100, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland
    • Center for Integrative Human Physiology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: P.A.K.

Received 14 May 2008 ,Accepted 12 June 2008.

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1 P.A.K. was supported by professorship grant PP00A-114706 from the Swiss National Science Foundation, Bern, Switzerland, and by the Zurich Center for Integrative Human Physiology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.

PII: S1076-6332(08)00414-5

doi: 10.1016/j.acra.2008.06.010

Academic Radiology
Volume 16, Issue 1 , Pages 15-21 , January 2009

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