Detection of cardiac myxomas with non-contrast chest CT

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 273-278

  Shin, Wonseon ^a,b   Choe, Yeon Hyeon ^a   Kim, Sung Mok ^a   Song, In Young ^c   Kim, Sam Soo ^b  

^a Samsung Medical Center   (South Korea)

^b Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

^c Konkuk University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cardiac myxoma; Non contrast CT; Screening

Indexed keywords

BIOMINERALIZATION; DIAGNOSIS; HEART; SCREENING; TUMORS;

CARDIAC MYXOMA; CONTROL GROUPS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC CAPABILITIES; HOUNSFIELD UNITS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NEGATIVE PREDICTIVE VALUE; POSITIVE PREDICTIVE VALUES;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURGERY; CARDIAC IMAGING; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEART ATRIUM MYXOMA; HEART MYXOMA; HEART SURGERY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUMOR CALCINOSIS; TUMOR VOLUME; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HEART TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MYXOMA; NON-CONTRAST CT; RADIOGRAPHY; SCREENING;

CARDIAC MYXOMA; NON-CONTRAST CT; SCREENING;

ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEART NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYXOMA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84900817251     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: 16000455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0284185113496561     Document Type: Article

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