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Reduction of venous air embolism in coronary computed tomography angiography using a modified method of saline test
Weiling He1, Feng Huang2, An Xie1
1Department of Radiology, Hunan Provincial People's Hospital (The First Affiliated Hospital of Hunan Normal University), No. 61, West Jiefang Road, Changsha, 410002, Hunan, China.
Objectives:
This paper analyzed the feasibility of reducing venous air emboli introduced during tube connection in computed tomography angiography (CTA) through a modified method of saline test injection.
Methods:
A total of 386 cases of patients undergoing coronary CTA examination were randomly arranged into a control group (199 patients underwent conventional saline injection before the CTA examination) and a case group (187 patients underwent modified saline injection before the CTA examination). The two groups were compared for the location (Fisher's exact test), number (χ2 test), and diameter (Mann-Whitney rank sum test) of the air emboli along the inflow direction of contrast agent within the scan.
Results:
The occurrence rate was 10.55% in the control group and 3.74% in the case group respectively, with a statistically different significance (P = 0.010). In the case group, there were 7 cases of small-grade venous air emboli. In the control group, there were 15 cases of small-grade venous air emboli and 6 cases of moderate-grade venous air emboli. No cases of large-grade venous air emboli were found in both groups.
Conclusions:
The use of this modified method of saline test injection before CTA examination is able to effectively decrease the occurrence of venous air emboli introduced during tube connection, which has some certain practical significance.
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