Pilot study of the multicentre DISCHARGE Trial: image quality and protocol adherence results of computed tomography and invasive coronary angiography.

Gianluca De RubeisAdriane E NappPeter SchlattmannJacob GeleijnsMichael LauleHenryk DregerKlaus KofoedMathias SørgaardThomas EngstrømHans Henrik TilstedAlberto BoiMichele PorcuStefano CossaJosé F Rodríguez-PalomaresFilipa Xavier ValenteAlbert RoqueGudrun FeuchtnerFabian PlankCyril ŠtěchovskýTheodor AdlaStephen SchroederThomas ZelesnyMatthias GutberletMichael WoinkeMihály KárolyiJúlia KarádyPatrick DonnellyPeter BallJonathan DoddMark HenseyMassimo ManconeAndrea CeccacciMarina BerzinaLigita ZvaigzneGintare SakalyteAlgidas BasevičiusMałgorzata Ilnicka-SuckielDonata KuśmierzRita FariaVasco Gama-RibeiroImre BenedekTeodora BenedekFilip AdjićMilenko ČankovićColin BerryChristian DellesErica ThwaiteGershan DavisJuhani KnuutiMikko PietiläCezary KepkaMariusz KrukRadosav VidakovicAleksandar N NeskovicIñigo LecumberriIgnacio Diez GonzalesBalazs RuzsicsMike FisherMarc DeweyMarco Franconenull null

Published in: European radiology (2019)

• Failure to meet protocol adherence in cardiac CTA was high in the pilot study (77.6%). • Image quality varies between sites and can be improved by feedback given by the core lab. • Conformance with new EU cardiac CT quality criteria might render cardiac CTA findings more consistent and comparable.

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