Prevalence of incidental pulmonary findings and early follow-up results in patients undergoing dual-source 64-slice computed tomography coronary angiography

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 296-301

  Yorgun, Hikmet ^a   Kaya, Ergün Barş ^a   Hazirolan, Tuncay ^a   Ateş, Ahmet Hakan ^a   Canpolat, Uǧur ^a   Sunman, Hamza ^a   Aytemr, Kudret ^a   Kabakçi, Giray ^a   Tokgözoǧlu, Lale ^a   Karçaaltincaba, Muşturay ^a   Akata, Deniz ^a   Oto, Ali ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Incidental findings; Multislice computed tomography; Pulmonary pathology

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; HEART; PATHOLOGY;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DUAL SOURCE; FOLLOW UP; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MEAN AGES; MULTISLICE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PULMONARY PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY IMAGING;

DISEASES;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; BRONCHIECTASIS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EMPHYSEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INCIDENTAL FINDING; LUNG BULLA; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG NODULE; LUNG TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 77950351380     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RCT.0b013e3181c1d0e4     Document Type: Article

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