Rationale and design of the DECT or ischemia determination compared to "gold standard" non-invasive and invasive techniques (DECIDE-Gold)

J Nucl Cardiol. 2014 Dec 31. [Epub ahead of print]

14 January Jan 2015 11 years ago
  • Truong QA, Knaapen P, Pontone G, Andreini D, Leipsic J, Carrascosa P, Lu B, Branch K, Raman S, Bloom S, Min JK
Dual-energy CT (DECT) has potential to improve myocardial perfusion for physiologic assessment of coronary artery disease (CAD).
A new multicenter international efficacy diagnostic study of rest-stress DECT angiography with perfusion (DECIDE-Gold Study) is designed to evaluate the accuracy of DECT to detect hemodynamic (HD) significant CAD, as compared to fractional flow reserve (FFR) as a reference standard. The study will determine the performance of DECTP for diagnosing ischemia.

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