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Table 2 Comparison of feasibility and artifact rate in Group 1 and Group 2.

From: Comparison of the diagnostic performance of 64-slice computed tomography coronary angiography in diabetic and non-diabetic patients with suspected coronary artery disease

 

Feasibility n (%)

Breath n (%)

SM n (%)

Ca n (%)

S/N n (%)

CD n (%)

GROUP 1 Segments

1310

1229 (94%)

11 (13%)

13 (16%)

54 (67%)

3 (4%)

-

GROUP 2 Segments

1342

1303 (97%)

13 (33%)

10 (26%)

14 (36%)

2 (6%)

-

P

-

0.0001

NS

NS

0.0001

NS

-

  1. Breath: artifacts due to breath/chest movement; SM: slice misalignment due to heart rate variability or premature beat during the scan; Ca: blooming artifact due to large calcifications; S/N: impaired image signal/image noise ratio; CD: cardiac device.