320-slice Coronary Computed Tomography (CT) Angiography

Charité University Medicine Berlin

Status: Completed

Conditions: Coronary Artery Stenosis

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00721851

EA1/140/07

Details and patient eligibility

About

The primary aim of this study is to determine the potential utility of 320-slice volume-CT for obtaining adequate diagnostic accuracy while at the same time improving image quality compared with previous generations of CT scanners and simultaneously enabling a reduction in both radiation exposure and contrast agent amount required.

Enrollment: 30 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 40+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 40 years of age
• sinus rhythm

Exclusion criteria

• prior conventional coronary angiography
• unstable presentation
• coronary artery bypass graft or stent
• pregnancy or breast-feeding
• creatinine > 2.0 mg per deciliter