title: Modified scan protocol using multislice CT coronary angiography allows high quality acquisitions in obese patients: a case report.
abstract: Nearly every cardiovascular functional imaging technique has difficulties in dealing with obese patients and MSCT-CA is not an exception. Excluding such large portion of the coronary population remains a grim limitation of the technique and requires thus a comprehensive re-evaluation. In this report, we show that excellent image quality could be achieved in a morbidly obese patient with the aid of proper management of scan protocols and bolus administration. Providing this complex population an accurate, non-invasive imaging technique represents a major step-forward in cardiovascular imaging.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Imágenes en Cardiología, Sanatorio Otamendi, Azcuenaga 870, C1115AAB Buenos Aires, Argentina. grodriguezgranillo@gmail.com
authors.forename: Gastón A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Rodriguez-Granillo
authors.forename: Miguel A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Rosales
authors.forename: Elina
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Degrossi
authors.forename: Inés
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Durbano
authors.forename: Alfredo E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Rodriguez
mesh_terms: D003287:Contrast Media / Q000008:administration & dosage; D017023:Coronary Angiography / Q000379:methods*; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D004562:Electrocardiography / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D007262:Infusions, Intravenous; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011857:Radiographic Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*; D014283:Triiodobenzoic Acids / Q000008:administration & dosage
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media; D014283:Triiodobenzoic Acids; C054871:ioversol