Incidental cardiac findings on computed tomography imaging of the thorax

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 3, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Foley, Paul W X ^a   Hamaad, Ali ^a   El Gendi, Hossam ^a   Leyva, Francisco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649545925     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-3-326     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. Pulmonary embolism: diagnosis with spiral CT and ventilation-perfusion scanning - correlation with pulmonary angiographic results or clinical outcome. K Garg CH Welsh AJ Feyerabend SW Subber PD Russ RJ Johnston, et al. Radiology 1998 208 201 208 9646814
2. Performance of helical computed tomography in unselected outpatients with suspected pulmonary embolism. A Perrier N Howarth D Didier P Loubeyre PF Unger P de Moerloose, et al. Ann Intern Med 2001 135 88 97 11453707
3. Pulmonary embolism: prospective comparison of spiral CT with ventilation-perfusion scintigraphy. JR Mayo M Remy-Jardin NL Müller J Remy DF Worsley C Hossein-Foucher, et al. Radiology 1997 205 447 452 9356627
4. The prevalence of incidental findings at cardiac MRI. AM David L Monish MC Patrick, Open Cardiovasc Med J 2008 2 20 25 10.2174/1874192400802010020 18949093
5. Clinical relevance and scope of accidental extracoronary findings in coronary computed tomography angiography: A cardiac versus thoracic FOV study. I Aglan D Jodocy S Hiehs P Soegner R Frank B Haberfellner, et al. Eur J Radiol 2009
6. Incidental pulmonary nodules on cardiac computed tomography: prognosis and use. C Iribarren MA Hlatky M Chandra JM Fair GD Rubin AS Go, et al. Am J Med 2008 121 989 996 10.1016/j.amjmed.2008.05.040 18954846
7. Incidental extracardiac findings at cardiac CT angiography: comparison of prevalence and clinical significance between pre-contrast low-dose whole thoracic scan and post-contrast retrospective ECG-gated cardiac scan. JW Kim EY Kang HS Yong YK Kim OH Woo YW Oh, et al. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 2009 25 Suppl 1 75 81 10.1007/s10554-008-9417-y 19132543
8. Prevalence and significance of incidental extracardiac findings at 64-multidetector coronary CTA. J Kirsch PA Araoz FB Steinberg JG Fletcher CH McCollough EE Williamson, J Thorac Imaging 2007 22 330 334 10.1097/RTI. 0b013e31813434a9 18043387
9. British Thoracic Society guidelines for the management of suspected acute PE. British Thoracic Society Standards of Care Committee PE Guideline Development Group, Thorax 2003 58 470 483 10.1136/thorax.58.6.470 12775856
10. Coronary artery calcium score combined with Framingham risk score for risk prediction in asymptomatic individuals. P Greenland L La Bree SP Azen TM Doherty RC Detrano, JAMA 2004 291 210 215 10.1001/jama.291.2.210 14722147
11. Coronary artery calcium score and coronary heart disease events in a large cohort of asymptomatic men and women. MJ LaMonte SJ FitzGerald TS Church CE Barlow NB Radford BD Levine, et al. Am J Epidemiol 2005 162 421 429 10.1093/aje/kwi228 16076829
12. Effect of aggressive versus conventional lipid lowering on atherosclerosis progression in familial hypercholesterolemia (ASAP): a prospective, randomized, double-blind trial. TJ Smilde S van Wissen H Wollersheim MD Trip JJ Kastelein AF Stalenhoef, Lancet 2001 357 577 81 10.1016/S0140-6736(00)04053-8 11558482
13. Comparison of ezetimibe plus simvastatin versus simvastatin monotherapy on atherosclerosis progression in familial hypercholesterolemia: design and rationale of the Ezetimibe and Simvastatin in Hypercholesterolemia Enhances Atherosclerosis Regression (ENHANCE) trial. JJ Kastelein PT Sager E de Groot E Veltri, Am Heart J 2005 149 234 9 10.1016/j.ahj.2004.06.024 15846260
14. Effect of rosuvastatin on progression of carotid intima-media thickness in low-risk individuals with subclinical atherosclerosis: the METEOR trial. JR Crouse III JS Raichlen WA Riley for the METEOR Study Group, et al. JAMA 2007 297 1344 53 10.1001/jama.297.12.1344 17384434
15. Randomised trial of prophylactic daily aspirin in British male doctors. R Peto R Gray R Collins K Wheatley C Hennekens K Jamrozik C Warlow B Hafner E Thompson S Norton J Gilliland R Doll, Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) 1988 296 313 316 10.1136/bmj.296.6618.313 3125882
16. Steering Committee of the Physicians' Health Study Research Group. Final report on the aspirin component of the ongoing Physicians' Health Study, N Engl J Med 1989 321 129 135 10.1056/NEJM198907203210301 2664509
17. An update on aspirin in the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease. RS Eidelman PR Hebert SM Weisman CH Hennekens, Arch Intern Med 2003 163 2006 2010 10.1001/archinte.163.17.2006 14504112
18. Stage B heart failure. LR Goldberg M Jessup, Circulation 2006 113 2851 2860 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.105.600437 16785351
19. Prevention of heart failure: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association Councils on Epidemiology and Prevention, Clinical Cardiology, Cardiovascular Nursing, and High Blood Pressure Research; Quality of Care and Outcomes Research Interdisciplinary Working Group; and Functional Genomics and Translational Biology Interdisciplinary Working Group. DD Schocken EJ Benjamin GC Fonarow HM Krumholz D Levy GA Mensah, et al. Circulation 2008 117 2544 2565 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.107.188965 18391114
20. Failure to Recognize Newly Identified Aortic Dilations in a Health Care System With an Advanced Electronic Medical Record. JR Gordon T Wahls RC Carlos II Pipinos GE Rosenthal P Cram, Ann Intern Med 2009 151 21 7 W5 19581643