Extracardiac Findings on Cardiac Computed Tomography. A Radiologist's Perspective

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 55, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 1566-1568

  Johnson, Kevin M ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiac computed tomography; extracardiac finding; false positives; incidentaloma

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGIST; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; THORACIC DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77950330128     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2009.12.032     Document Type: Review

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