Learning to interpret the extracardiac findings on coronary CT angiography examinations

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 232-245

  Teague, Shawn D ^a   Rissing, Stacy ^a   Mahenthiran, Jothiharan ^b   Achenbach, Stephan ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Community Heart and Vascular ^*  (United States)

^c JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Coronary computed tomography; Coronary CT angiography; Extracardiac; Incidental findings

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; AORTA ANEURYSM; CARDIAC IMAGING; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMPHYSEMA; GALLSTONE; GREAT BLOOD VESSEL; HIATUS HERNIA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; INTESTINE; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LYMPH NODE; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RIB FRACTURE; STOMACH; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; THYROID GLAND;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; LEARNING CURVE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84862751781     PISSN: 19345925     EISSN: 1876861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcct.2012.02.007     Document Type: Review

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