Coronary CT angiography:State of the art

作     者：Akmal Sabarudin Zhonghua Sun 

作者机构：Diagnostic Imaging and Radiotherapy ProgramSchool of Diagnostic and Applied Health SciencesFaculty of Health SciencesUniversity Kebangsaan Malaysia Discipline of Medical ImagingDepartment of Imaging and Applied PhysicsCurtin University 

出 版 物：《World Journal of Cardiology》 (世界心脏病学杂志（英文版）（电子版）)

年 卷 期：2013年第5卷第12期

页      面：453-458页

学科分类：0831[工学-生物医学工程（可授工学、理学、医学学位）] 100207[医学-影像医学与核医学] 1006[医学-中西医结合] 1002[医学-临床医学] 1001[医学-基础医学(可授医学、理学学位)] 08[工学] 1010[医学-医学技术（可授医学、理学学位）] 100106[医学-放射医学] 100602[医学-中西医结合临床] 10[医学] 

主　　题：Beta-blockers Coronary computed tomography angiography Heart rate Prospective ECG-triggering 

摘      要：The aim o this article is to discuss the protocol o betablockers that is commonly used or prospectively ECGtriggered coronary computed tomography angiography(CCTA).It is essential to ensure a low and regular heart rate in patients undergoing prospectively ECG-triggered CCTA or optimal visualization o coronary *** early generations o computed tomographyscanners are not applicable to be tailored according to patients’heart rate,a low and regular heart rate is possible to be achieved by the administration o medications according to the beta-blocker *** can be sa ely administered to reduce patients’heart rate or CCTA examination i patients are screened or certain contraindications.