Clinical relevance and scope of accidental extracoronary findings in coronary computed tomography angiography: A cardiac versus thoracic FOV study

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 166-174

  Aglan, Iman ^a   Jodocy, Daniel ^a   Hiehs, Stefan ^a   Soegner, Peter ^a   Frank, Renate ^a   Haberfellner, Berhard ^a   Klauser, Andrea ^a   Jaschke, Werner ^a   Feuchtner, Gudrun M ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cardiac; CT; Extracoronary; Multidetector computed tomography; Thoracic

Indexed keywords

AORTIC VALVES; CARDIAC CT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CT ANGIOGRAPHY; DETECTION RATES; FIELD OF VIEWS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; LUNG PATHOLOGY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; ORIFICE AREA; PULMONARY EMBOLISM;

ANGIOGRAPHY; BIOMINERALIZATION; BLOOD VESSELS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASES; IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

HEART;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY MULTISLICE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART; HUMAN; LUNG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLEURA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; THORAX;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; SEX FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77950065917     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2009.01.038     Document Type: Article

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