Shall we report cardiomegaly at routine computed tomography of the chest?

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 67-71

  Gollub, Marc J ^a   Panu, Neety ^a   Delaney, Holly ^a   Sohn, Michael ^a   Zheng, Junting ^a   Moskowitz, Chaya S ^a   Rademaker, Jurgen ^a   Liu, Jennifer ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiomegaly; Cardiothoracic ratio; Routine CT

Indexed keywords

CHEMOTHERAPY; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATION METHODS; DISEASES; HEART; PATHOLOGY;

CANCER PATIENTS; CARDIOMEGALY; CARDIOTHORACIC RATIO; CHEST RADIOGRAPHY; HIGHLY-CORRELATED; LEFT VENTRICULAR; LEFT VENTRICULAR HYPERTROPHIES; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC CURVES; ROUTINE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; SHORTER DIAMETERS;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOMEGALY; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART MUSCLE; HEART THORAX INDEX; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX WALL;

EID: 84863031092     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: 15323145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RCT.0b013e318241e585     Document Type: Article

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