CT angiography of the chest (protocol)
Updates to Article Attributes
Body
was changed:
CT angiography of the chest (CTA chest) is a cross-sectional diagnostic examination that can be performed ECG-gated or non-ECG gated.
NB: This article is intended to outline some general principles of protocol design. The specifics will vary depending on CT hardware and software, radiologists' and referrers' preference, institutional protocols, patient factors (e.g. allergy) and time constraints.
Indications
CTA of the chest in a wide variety of clinical scenarios including:
- aortic aneurysm
- dissection
- suspected bleed
Contraindications
- previous severe reactions to iodinated contrast
- non-compliance
Technique
-
patient position
- supine with their arms above their head
-
scout
- above apices to below the renal arteries
-
scan extent
- above apices to below the renal arteries
-
scan direction
- caudocranial
-
contrast injection considerations
- monitoring slice (region of interest)
- descending aorta at the level of the carina
- threshold
- 100 HU
- injection
- 75 ml of non-iconic iodinated contrast with a 100 ml saline chaser at 4.5/5 ml/s
- monitoring slice (region of interest)
-
scan delay
- minimal scan delay
- respiration phase
- inspiration
Practical points
- this scan is performed ECG-gated, will mitigate cardiac motion.
- the utilisation of monitoring series is highly recommended due to the differences in cardiac output between patients 1
- when performing image reconstitutions, oblique-sagittal reconstructions of the aortic will display the entire vessel in one image
-<a title="Aortic aneurysm" href="/articles/aortic-aneurysm-1">aortic </a><a title="Aneurysm of the ascending aorta" href="/articles/ascending-aortic-aneurysm">aneurysm</a>- +<a href="/articles/aortic-aneurysm-1">aortic </a><a href="/articles/ascending-aortic-aneurysm">aneurysm</a>
-<li><a title="Aortic dissection" href="/articles/aortic-dissection">dissection</a></li>- +<li><a href="/articles/aortic-dissection">dissection</a></li>
-<li>injection <ul><li>75 ml of <a href="/articles/iodinated-contrast-media-1">non-iconic iodinated contrast</a> with a 100 ml saline chaser at 4.5/5 ml/s</li></ul>- +<li>injection <ul><li>75 ml of <a href="/articles/iodinated-contrast-media-1">non-iconic iodinated contrast</a> with a 100 ml <a title="Saline flush during contrast administration" href="/articles/saline-flush-during-contrast-administration">saline chaser</a> at 4.5/5 ml/s</li></ul>
References changed:
- 1.Intravenous Contrast Medium Administration and Scan Timing at CT: Considerations and Approaches1. (2010) Radiology. 256 (1): 32-61. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1148/radiol.10090908">doi:10.1148/radiol.10090908</a> - <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20574084">Pubmed</a> <span class="ref_v4"></span>
Sections changed:
- Radiography
Images Changes:
Image 1 CT (C+ arterial phase) ( create )
Updates to Synonym Attributes
Updates to Link Attributes
Updates to Synonym Attributes
Title
was added:
CTA Chest
Type
was set to
Synonym.
Visible
was set to
.
Content
was set to
.