2020
Implementation of an aortic dissection CT protocol with clinical decision support aimed at decreasing radiation exposure by reducing routine abdominopelvic imaging
Patel V, Fruauff A, Esses D, Lipsitz E, Levsky J, Haramati L. Implementation of an aortic dissection CT protocol with clinical decision support aimed at decreasing radiation exposure by reducing routine abdominopelvic imaging. Clinical Imaging 2020, 67: 108-112. PMID: 32559680, DOI: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2020.06.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute aortic syndromeAortic dissectionAortic syndromeClinical decision supportED patientsChest/abdomen/pelvisRadiation doseDiagnostic accuracyStudy periodTotal ED populationMedian radiation doseAbdomen/pelvisRoutine abdominopelvicVs. 3.7ED populationContrast doseDiagnostic yieldRetrospective analysisCT scanCT protocolPatientsDissectionRadiation exposureDoseScreening protocol
2013
Acute aortic syndromes: a second look at dual-phase CT.
Lovy A, Rosenblum J, Levsky J, Godelman A, Zalta B, Jain V, Haramati L. Acute aortic syndromes: a second look at dual-phase CT. American Journal Of Roentgenology 2013, 200: 805-11. PMID: 23521452, PMCID: PMC3685820, DOI: 10.2214/ajr.12.8797.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAcute DiseaseAgedAged, 80 and overAortic DiseasesAortographyCase-Control StudiesChi-Square DistributionContrast MediaFemaleHumansIohexolLinear ModelsMaleMiddle AgedRadiation DosageRetrospective StudiesSensitivity and SpecificityStatistics, NonparametricSyndromeTomography, X-Ray ComputedTriiodobenzoic AcidsConceptsAcute aortic syndromeContrast-enhanced CTAAortic syndromeIntramural hematomaUnenhanced CTControl subjectsMore CT findingsType B dissectionCT dose length productHealthy control subjectsContrast-enhanced CTDose-length productDual-phase CTRadiation effective doseContrast-enhanced phasesMean radiation effective doseAtherosclerotic ulcerB dissectionAortic dissectionAortic ruptureCase patientsCT findingsEmergency departmentCTA examinationsStudy population