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From: Static CT myocardial perfusion imaging: image quality, artifacts including distribution and diagnostic performance compared to 82Rb PET

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CT-MPI Protocol. After patient preparation and monitoring, non-contrast prospective ECG-triggered axial cardiac CT for calcium scoring was obtained. For CT-MPI, two consecutive rest/stress prospective ECG-triggered axial acquisitions were performed with a triphasic intravenous contrast medium injection protocol. After rest CT-MPI acquisition, a delay of at least 20 min to mitigate the effects of pre-medication with beta-blockers and nitroglycerine. Stress CT-MPI was acquired 2 min after completion of dipyridamole intravenous infusion. Once CT image acquisition was completed, intravenous aminophylline was administered to reverse the effects of dipyridamole

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