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Aachen University of Technology

16-detector row CT is not suited for assessing all parameters

Published in Elder Law Weekly, August 17th, 2005

A recent report provides an assessment of left ventricular function after acute myocardial infarction with 16-detector row spiral CT compared to MR imaging.

Researchers in Germany have conducted a study "to assess global left ventricular (LV) function and regional wall motion with retrospective electrocardiographically gated 16-detector row computed tomography (CT) in comparison with magnetic resonance (MR) imaging."

A.H. Mahnken and colleagues of the Aachen University of Technology explained, "In 15 pigs (mean weight, 53.9 kg±9.5 [standard deviation]), acute myocardial infarction was induced with balloon occlusion of the left anterior...

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