Extracardiac findings in cardiac computed tomographic angiography in patients at low to intermediate risk for coronary artery disease

Canadian Association of Radiologists Journal

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 286-290

  Venkatesh, Vikram ^a   You, John J ^a   Landry, David J ^a   Ellins, Mary Lou ^a   Sheth, Tej ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Computed tomography, spiral; Coronary angiography; Incidental findings

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY RISK; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG NODULE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PNEUMOTHORAX; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOLOGIST;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 78249245131     PISSN: 08465371     EISSN: 08465371     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carj.2009.11.001     Document Type: Article

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