title: [Influence of heart rate on image quality and detection of coronary stenoses with multislice spiral CT].
abstract: Multi-slice spiral CT (MSCT) permits the detection of coronary stenoses. We investigated the influence of the patient's heart rate (HR) during the scan on stenosis detection and the presence of motion artifacts. In 100 patients MSCT was performed and retrospectively ECG-gated cross-sectional images were reconstructed. 115 of 400 coronary arteries (29%) were unevaluable due to motion artifacts (84/115) or other reasons (31/115). In evaluable arteries, sensitivity was 91% (51/56 high grade stenoses detected), specificity was 89%. With increasing HR, the number of unevaluable arteries increased and overall sensitivity for stenosis detection decreased from 62% (HR < or = 70 bpm) to 33% (HR > 70 bpm). MSCT permits detection of coronary stenoses, but evaluability and accuracy decrease with increasing HR.
authors.affiliation: Medizinische Klinik II, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Deutschland. maria_mennicke@web.de
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mennicke
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Giesler
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ropers
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Baum
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ulzheimer
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Wenkel
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Pohle
authors.forename: W G
authors.initials: WG
authors.lastname: Daniel
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Achenbach
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D016477:Artifacts; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D004562:Electrocardiography / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D036542:Tomography, Spiral Computed / Q000379:methods*