Multi-detector row CT angiography of pulmonary circulation with gadolinium-based contrast agents: prospective evaluation in 60 patients

Radiology
M Rémy-JardinJ Rémy

Abstract

To prospectively evaluate gadolinium dose safety and effectiveness for 16-detector pulmonary computed tomographic (CT) angiography. Ethics committee approval and informed consent were obtained. Sixty patients with contraindications to iodine underwent CT of the pulmonary circulation with 0.5 mmol/L gadolinium chelate given at either 0.3 (n = 29, group A) or 0.4 (n = 31, group B) mmol/kg; clinical and biologic tolerances were evaluated. Enhancement of central and segmental pulmonary arteries was measured (poor enhancement, <100 HU; good, 100-150 HU; excellent, >150 HU). Subsegmental artery enhancement was assessed as similar or inferior to that of segmental arteries. Confidence in analysis of the pulmonary arterial bed was graded according to arterial enhancement: Grades 1-3, diagnostic images; grade 4, nondiagnostic. The main effectiveness parameter for comparison between groups A and B was diagnostic value of CT angiograms. Nonparametric statistics were used to analyze results. The mean (+/- standard deviation) contrast material volume was 50.09 mL +/- 8.45 (all patients: range, 30-64 mL; group A: 46.54 mL +/- 8.59; group B: 53.42 mL +/- 6.92). Diagnostic images were obtained in 55 (92%) patients, and confident analysis of pul...Continue Reading

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