Cardiac computed tomographic angiography: Evaluation of non-cardiac structures

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 139-150

  Wann, Samuel ^a   Rao, Peter ^b   Prez, Roger Des ^c  

^a The Wisconsin Heart Hospital   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Oklahoma Heart Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Aortic dissection; Coronary computed tomography; Incidental CT findings; Pulmonary embolism; Screening computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTA DISEASE; AORTA DISSECTION; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GATED IMAGING; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HIATUS HERNIA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INCIDENTAL FINDING; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG NODULE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MARFAN SYNDROME; MEDIASTINUM DISEASE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PLEURA DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; PULMONARY VASCULAR DISEASE; RADIATION ATTENUATION; THORACIC AORTA; THORAX PAIN; X RAY; AORTA RUPTURE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; LUNG TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW;

AORTIC RUPTURE; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 67649985290     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12350-008-9035-z     Document Type: Article

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