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May 23-24, 2019 | Vienna, Austria
Nursing Care
28th International Conference on
Journal of Intensive and Critical Care Nursing | Volume 2
J Intensive Crit Care Nurs, Volume 2
Ultra-fast high-pitch dual-source Computed Tomography Pulmonary Angiography (CTPA)
with free breathing: A comparison to conventional standard-pitch single-source CTPA
imaging
Arulanantham Zechariah Jebakumar
Prince Sultan Military College of Health Sciences, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
P ulmonary embolism (PE) is a life-threatening condition
if left untreated. Clinical presentation may be acute or
chronic, and commonly associatedwith deep vein thrombosis
(DVT). Acute pulmonary embolism is the third most common
cardiovascular emergency, after coronary artery disease and
stroke. Diagnosis of pulmonary embolism now relies mostly
on pulmonary Computed Tomography Angiography (CTA).
Advances in scanner technology has developed Spectral CT
(also called dual-source or dual-energy CT) that has become
a major trend in the coming years. Dual-source CT with two
X-ray tubes and two detectors mounted over a CT gantry has
the potential to overcome limitations of conventional multi-
detector rowCT (MDCT) systems, such as temporal resolution.
Very few studies have been published in Saudi Arabia that
showed improved diagnostic capabilities of dual-source CT
scanners in pulmonary CTA studies. Therefore, we aim to
compare image quality and use of high-pitch dual-source
CT with the standard-pitch conventional single-source CT in
detection of acute pulmonary embolism in this region.
Speaker Biography
Arulanantham Zechariah Jebakumar is an Assistant Professor in Clinical
Research at Prince Sultan Military College of Health Sciences from
August 2010 to till date. He carries a vast experience in the field of
research having strong foundation gained in Christian Medical College,
India. He has a right mix of a teacher and consultant researcher; he
had a tenure at Apollo Hospitals Group as Senior Consultant for
clinical trials involved in studies that influenced regulations and
quality definition. His friendly nature and willingness to learn and
share the knowledge amongst peers. He is an invited consultant for
Down syndrome federation of India and advisor and board member in
Biostatistics Association of India (Madras University). He has his Ph.D.
in the title of “Survival of Lung Cancer” from Madras University, India.
He has published nearly 32 publications in various Medical fields in
the reputed Journals. He is a Consultant Researcher and an Editorial
Committee Board Member for 25 Life Science Journals in Pharma
Intelligence Pvt. ltd., in India from August 2011 to till date. He is also
a member of Eastern Province IRB (Institutional Review Board), in
Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia.
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