Incidental findings on cardiac computed tomography. Should we look?

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 97-105

  Budoff, Matthew J ^a   Gopal, Ambarish ^a  

^a LOS ANGELES BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary calcium scanning; Coronary calcium score; CTA, computed tomographic angiography; Incidental findings; MDCT, multidetector computed tomography; MSCT, multislice computed tomography; Nodules; Noninvasive angiography

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; AORTA; ARTICLE; BONE; BREAST; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COLON CANCER; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; KIDNEY CANCER; LUNG; LUNG CANCER; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL LIABILITY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WHOLE BODY CT;

HEART; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; THORACIC DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34548776325     PISSN: 19345925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcct.2007.04.002     Document Type: Article

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