Prevalence of significant extracoronary findings on multislice CT coronary angiography examinations and coronary artery calcium scoring examinations

Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 49-56

  Law, Y M ^a,c   Huang, J ^a   Chen, K ^a   Cheah, F K ^a   Chua, T ^b  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Singapore)

^c NONE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Coronary artery calcium scoring; Follow up investigation; Incidental extracoronary finding; Multislice CT coronary angiography; Screening

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BREAST DISEASES; CALCINOSIS; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDIASTINAL DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 42649117770     PISSN: 17549477     EISSN: 17549485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1673.2007.01911.x     Document Type: Article

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