{"id":803,"date":"2017-09-19T13:35:43","date_gmt":"2017-09-19T12:35:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/journals.myesr.org\/eur-radiol\/2017\/09\/19\/coronary-cta\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T10:22:53","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T09:22:53","slug":"coronary-cta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journals.myesr.org\/eur-radiol\/highlights\/coronary-cta\/","title":{"rendered":"Diagnostic accuracy of dual-source CT coronary angiography in obese and non-obese patients"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>3rd-generation dual source CT angiography with automated tube voltage selection provides a high diagnostic accuracy for detecting significant stenoses in coronary arteries.\u00a0 Detection accuracy was not significantly different between non-obese and obese patients, thus current radiation dose-saving approaches can be applied independent of body habitus.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Key points:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Coronary CTA provides high diagnostic accuracy in non-obese and obese patients.<\/li>\n<li>Diagnostic accuracy between obese and non-obese patients showed no significant difference.<\/li>\n<li>&lt;120 kV studies were performed in 44 % of obese patients.<\/li>\n<li>Current radiation dose-saving approaches can be applied independent of body habitus.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Article:<\/strong><\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s00330-016-4601-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Diagnostic accuracy of coronary CT angiography using 3rd-generation dual-source CT and automated tube voltage selection: Clinical application in a non-obese and obese patient population<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Authors:<\/strong><\/span> Stefanie Mangold, Julian L. 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