Daniele Andreini, Fay Y Lin, Asim Rizvi, Iksung Cho, Ran Heo, Gianluca Pontone, Antonio L Bartorelli, Saima Mushtaq, Todd C Villines, Patricia Carrascosa, Byoung Wook Choi, Stephen Bloom, Han Wei, Yan Xing, Dan Gebow, Heidi Gransar, Hyuk-Jae Chang, Jonathon Leipsic, James K Min
OBJECTIVE: Motion artifact can reduce the diagnostic accuracy of coronary CT angiography (CCTA) for coronary artery disease (CAD). The purpose of this study was to compare the diagnostic performance of an algorithm dedicated to correcting coronary motion artifact with the performance of standard reconstruction methods in a prospective international multicenter study. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: Patients referred for clinically indicated invasive coronary angiography (ICA) for suspected CAD prospectively underwent an investigational CCTA examination free from heart rate-lowering medications before they underwent ICA...
April 18, 2018: AJR. American Journal of Roentgenology