The prevalence and clinical significance of noncardiac findings on cardiac MRI

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 196, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Atalay, Michael K ^a   Prince, Ethan A ^a   Pearson, Catherine A ^b   Chang, Kevin J ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac imaging; Incidental findings; MRI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCITES; ATELECTASIS; BRONCHOSCOPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CARDIAC IMAGING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONSTRICTIVE PERICARDITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIATUS HERNIA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; INCIDENTAL FINDING; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LUNG CANCER; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERICARDIECTOMY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIB FRACTURE; THORACOCENTESIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THYROID CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79957789349     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.09.3302     Document Type: Article

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