Frequency of unrecognized, unreported, or underreported coronary artery and cardiovascular calcification on noncardiac chest CT

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 167-172

  Williams, Kim Allan ^a   Kim, James T ^b   Holohan, Kathleen M ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Chest computed tomography; Coronary calcification; Valvular calcification; Vascular calcification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA ARCH; AORTIC VALVE CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIOLOGY; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

CHEST COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY CALCIFICATION; VALVULAR CALCIFICATION; VASCULAR CALCIFICATION;

CALCINOSIS; CARDIAC-GATED IMAGING TECHNIQUES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84880171903     PISSN: 19345925     EISSN: 1876861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcct.2013.05.003     Document Type: Article

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