Prevalence of incidental noncardiac findings diagnosed by computer tomography in 875 consecutive patents in an academic outpatient cardiac computer tomography facility

Archives of Medical Science

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 401-403

  Cronin, Andrea ^a   Aronow, Wilbert S ^a   Devabhakturi, Srikala ^a   Asija, Amit ^a   Varma, Raja ^a   DeLuca, Albert J ^a   Sumers, Elliott H ^a   Poplausky, Maurice R ^a   Kim, Paul H ^a   Young, Keith K ^a   Weiss, Melvin B ^a   Belkin, Robert N ^a  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer tomography; Computer tomography coronary angiography; Computer tomography of chest

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG NODULE; LUNG TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 60249094978     PISSN: 17341922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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