Extracardiac findings on coronary CT angiograms: Limited versus complete image review

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 195, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 143-148

  Johnson, Kevin M ^a   Dennis, Jolanta M ^b   Dowe, David A ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Atlantic Medical Imaging   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary CT angiography; Extracardiac findings; Pulmonary nodule; Thorax

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BREAST ABSCESS; BREAST CANCER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIVERTICULITIS; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GREAT BLOOD VESSEL; HEART; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KIDNEY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; LUNG; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG NODULE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING;

AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77954712958     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.08.1050     Document Type: Article

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