Malignant incidental extracardiac findings on cardiac CT: Systematic review and meta-analysis

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 201, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 555-564

  Flor, Nicola ^a   Di Leo, Giovanni ^b   Squarza, Silvia Amaryllis Claudia ^c   Tresoldi, Silvia ^a   Rulli, Eliana ^d   Cornalba, Gianpaolo ^a,c   Sardanelli, Francesco ^b,c  

^a SAN PAOLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN DONATO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardiac CT; Incidental extracardiac findings; Meta analysis; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

BREAST CANCER; CARDIAC IMAGING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INCIDENTAL EXTRACARDIAC FINDING; INCIDENTAL FINDING; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; LYMPHOMA; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDIASTINUM CANCER; MEDIASTINUM LYMPHOMA; META ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THYROID CANCER;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; THYROID NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84884662567     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.12.10306     Document Type: Review

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