Cardiac and pericardial calcifications on chest radiographs

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 65, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 685-694

  Ferguson, E C ^a   Berkowitz, E A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNULAR CALCIFICATION; AORTA CALCIFICATION; CALCIFICATION; CARDIAC CALCIFICATION; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION; HEART CALCIFICATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM CALCIFICATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ANEURYSM; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT CARE; PERICARDIUM CALCIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBUS; VALVULAR CALCIFICATION;

CALCINOSIS; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CORONARY ANEURYSM; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HEART; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC;

EID: 77955579938     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2009.12.016     Document Type: Review

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