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Editorial
. 2021 Jan;116(1):106-107.
doi: 10.36660/abc.20201279.

In Search for Optimal Image Quality in Pediatric Cardiac CT Angiogram

[Article in English, Portuguese]
Daniel Faria  1 , João B Augusto  1   2   3
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Editorial

In Search for Optimal Image Quality in Pediatric Cardiac CT Angiogram

[Article in English, Portuguese]
Daniel Faria et al. Arq Bras Cardiol. 2021 Jan.
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Figura 1. – Resumo do protocolo de estudo utilizado por De Oliveira Nunes e cols.6 ATC: angiotomografia cardíaca. *Pacientes entre 6 e 18 anos. † Os pesquisadores pararam de dar uma dose IV adicional de metoprolol (de 2013 em diante) no caso de frequência cardíaca persistente >70 bpm uma hora após a dose oral, pois nenhuma redução adicional significativa da frequência cardíaca foi observada.
Figure 1
Figure 1. – Summary of the study protocol used by De Oliveira Nunes et al.6 CTCA: computed tomography cardiac angiography. * Patients between 6 and 18 years old. † The investigators stopped giving an additional IV dose of metoprolol (from 2013 onwards) in the case of persistent heart rate >70bpm one hour after oral dose as no significant additional heart rate reduction was appreciated.
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