Incidental findings in patients evaluated for thoracic aortic pathology using computed tomography angiography

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 306-311

  Kasirajan, Karthikeshwar ^a   Dayama, Anand ^b  

^a East Bay Cardiovascular and Thoracic Associates   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IOHEXOL;

ADRENAL GLAND; ADULT; AGED; AORTA DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOVASCULAR ANEURYSM REPAIR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; INFORMED CONSENT; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; KIDNEY INJURY; LIVER CYST; LUNG CANCER; LUNG LESION; LUNG NODULE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; PANCREAS INJURY; PANCREAS TUMOR; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBIS SYMPHYSIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMALL INTESTINE; THORACIC AORTIC DISEASE; THORAX DISEASE;

AGED; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC DISEASES; AORTOGRAPHY; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; IOHEXOL; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84858448146     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: 16155947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.avsg.2011.08.017     Document Type: Article

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