Incidental extracardiac findings at cardiac CT angiography: Comparison of prevalence and clinical significance between precontrast low-dose whole thoracic scan and postcontrast retrospective ECG-gated cardiac scan

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 25, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages 75-81

  Kim, Jin Woo ^a   Kang, Eun Young ^a   Yong, Hwan Seok ^a,d   Kim, Yoon Kyung ^a   Woo, Ok Hee ^a   Oh, Yu Whan ^b   Lee, Ki Yeol ^c   Han, Heon ^d  

^a Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Ansan Hospital   (South Korea)

^d Kangwon National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cardiac CT angiography; Extra cardiac finding; Low dose CT; Whole thoracic scan

Indexed keywords

IOPROMIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL TUMOR; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA DISSECTION; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT DISEASE; BONE DISEASE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GATED IMAGING; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LIVER TUMOR; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; LUNG CALCIFICATION; LUNG NODULE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM MASS; PLEURA EFFUSION; PREVALENCE; SOFT TISSUE DISEASE; SPLENOMEGALY; THORAX DISEASE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 64249166756     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-008-9417-y     Document Type: Article

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