Use of higher attenuation leads to a significant underestimation of stenosis in smaller vessels. Lower attenuation leads to slight and clinically acceptable overestimation of stenosis. The optimal vascular attenuation for stenosis detection in coronary 64-MDCT angiography is approximately 350 H.
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