Abstract:Objective To study the effect of body weight(BW) on the arterial enhancement among the patients with different HR(heart rate) in coronary CT angiography. Methods One hundred thirty six patients with normal EF(ejection fraction)(50%70%) were enrolled and assigned to four groups by HR,(group A: HR 5059bpm, group B: HR 6069bpm, group C: HR 7079bpm; group D: HR 8089bpm). The dose of contrast media(CM) was tailored to BW(230mgI/kg), followed by a chaser bolus of 30mL saline at the same rate(5mL/s). The mean attenuation of the left main coronary artery(LM) was calculated in four groups. The correlations of BW and HR with the attenuation of LM were evaluated in all patients, and the correlation between body weight and the attenuation of LM was also evaluated in each group. Results The overall evaluation showed that the attenuation of LM was negatively correlated with HR(r=-0.211, P<0.05) and BW(r=-0.250, P<0.05). For each group, the attenuation of LM was negatively correlated with BW in group A(r=-0.561, P<0.05) and in group B(LM: r=-0.380, P<0.05); there were no significant correlations with BW in group C(LM: r=-0.075, P=0.650) and in group D(LM: r=-0.073, P=0.766). Conclusion When the contrast dose is tailored to BW, the attenuation of coronary artery is negatively correlated with BW in patient with lower HR; however, for patient with higher HR, the coronary artery enhancement is similar among patients with different BW.