Noncardiac findings on cardiac CT. Part II: Spectrum of imaging findings

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 361-371

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

^a ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b BAPTIST HOSPITAL OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST LESION; BRONCHIECTASIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMPHYSEMA; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; HIATUS HERNIA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INCIDENTAL FINDING; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL CARCINOMA; LUNG ARTERY; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG CANCER; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG NODULE; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MEDIASTINUM; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PLEURA; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOCARDIOGRAPHY; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; THORAX WALL; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; AGED; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY ARTERY; RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; LUNG; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY ARTERY; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; THORACIC WALL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 71949093475     PISSN: 19345925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcct.2009.10.007     Document Type: Review

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