Noncardiac findings on cardiac CT part I: Pros and cons

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 293-299

  Killeen, Ronan P ^a   Dodd, Jonathan D ^a   Cury, Ricardo C ^b  

^a ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b Baptist Miami Cardiac and Vascular Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary angiography; Heart radiography; Incidental findings; Lung radiography; Prognosis; Tomography; X ray computed

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; BREAST TUMOR; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; LUNG DISEASE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; THYROID CANCER;

HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; LUNG DISEASES; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 70349991300     PISSN: 19345925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcct.2009.05.003     Document Type: Review

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