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Optimizing Image Quality in Obese Patients Undergoing Coronary Computed Tomography (CT) Angiography

NCT00468195 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 175

Last updated 2012-03-21

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this cardiovascular imaging research is to look at ways to improve the way we can look at the pictures of the heart. Patients undergo CT scans of the heart for a variety of reasons, including symptoms and/or tests suggestive of coronary artery disease (chest pain, shortness of breath, abnormal stress test, follow up exam of known/existing coronary disease, abnormal calcium score, etc.) This study involves finding ways to optimize quality of the scan in persons of size. This is because in patients with a BMI (body mass index) of greater than 40, it is usually difficult to "see" all the arteries around the heart satisfactorily. Body mass index is a number that we can get by putting your height and weight in a formula. The purpose of this study is to use a new computer software program to help us interpret your heart study.

Conditions

  • Coronary Angiography
  • Obesity
  • Coronary Disease

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • William Beaumont Hospitals

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Kavitha Chinnaiyan, MD · William Beaumont Hospitals

  • Gilbert Raff, MD · William Beaumont Hospitals

  • James Goldstein, MD · William Beaumont Hospitals

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-05-31
Completion
2010-09-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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