Recognition of noncardiac findings on cardiac computed tomography examination

Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 84-91

  George, Anil ^a   Movahed, Assad ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac CT; CT angiography; Noncardiac findings; Pulmonary nodules; Triple rule out

Indexed keywords

CALCIFICATION; CARDIOVASCULAR MALFORMATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HIATUS HERNIA; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG NODULE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; ETHICS; HEART DISEASE; LUNG TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX PAIN;

CHEST PAIN; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; SOLITARY PULMONARY NODULE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77957348926     PISSN: 15306550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3909/ricm0521     Document Type: Review

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