Medical Terms Learned today

Goldstein JA, Gallagher MJ, O'Neill WW, et al.A randomized controlled trial of multi-slice coronary computed tomography for evaluation of acute chest pain. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2007 Feb 27;49(8):863-71.

Malagutti P, Nieman K, Meijboom WB, et al. Use of 64-slice CT in symptomatic patients after coronary bypass surgery: evaluation of grafts and coronary arteries. Eur Heart J. 2007 Aug;28(15):1879-85.

Kobza R, Auf der Maur C, et al. Esophagus imaging for radiofrequency ablation of atrial fibrillation using a dual-source computed tomography system: Preliminary observations. J Interv Card Electrophysiol. 2007 Sep;19(3):167-70.

Bessell-Browne R, O'Malley ME. CT of pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma: risk of adverse events with i.v. administration of nonionic contrast material. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2007 Apr;188(4):970-4.

Bettmann MA. Frequently asked questions: iodinated contrast agents.
Radiographics. 2004 Oct;24 Suppl 1:S3-10. http://radiographics.rsnajnls.org/cgi/content/full/24/suppl_1/S3

Aspelin P, Aubry P, Fransson SG, et al. Nephrotoxic effects in high-risk patients undergoing angiography. N Engl J Med. 2003 Feb 6;348(6):491-9. http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/abstract/348/6/491

http://www.esur.org/fileadmin/Guidelines/ESUR_2007_Guideline_6_Kern_Ubersicht.pdf
(ESUR造影検査のガイドライン)

Thomsen HS, Morcos SK. Contrast-medium-induced nephropathy: is there a new consensus? A review of published guidelines.
Eur Radiol. 2006 Aug;16(8):1835-40.

Einstein AJ, Henzlova MJ, Rajagopalan S.　Estimating risk of cancer associated with radiation exposure from 64-slice computed tomography coronary angiography.　JAMA. 2007 Jul 18;298(3):317-23.

MDCT of coronary artery: Feasibility of low dose CT. 2008 AJR in publishing