False-Negative Low Tube Voltage Coronary CT Angiography: High Intravascular Attenuation at Coronary CT Angiography Can Mask Calcified Plaques.

Vinit Baliyan Jan-Erik Scholtz Hamed KordbachehSandeep HedgireBrian B Ghoshhajra

Published in: Radiology. Cardiothoracic imaging (2019)

Coronary artery plaques may be missed at low tube voltage coronary CT angiographic examination performed without a concomitant CAC scan.© RSNA, 2019Supplemental material is available for this article.See also the commentary by Truong in this issue.

Keyphrases

coronary artery
pulmonary artery
coronary artery disease
computed tomography
dual energy
magnetic resonance imaging
contrast enhanced
image quality
magnetic resonance
positron emission tomography
pulmonary hypertension
aortic stenosis
left ventricular
atrial fibrillation
positive airway pressure