作者
Yoshinobu Onuma, Kengo Tanabe, Gaku Nakazawa, Jiro Aoki, Hiroyoshi Nakajima, Kenji Ibukuro, Kazuhiro Hara
发表日期
2006/7/18
期刊
Journal of the American College of Cardiology
卷号
48
期号
2
页码范围
402-406
出版商
American College of Cardiology Foundation
简介
Objectives
We investigated the frequency of the noncardiac findings in cardiac imaging with multidetector computed tomography (MDCT).
Background
Multidetector computed tomography is an accepted new tool to evaluate the heart. In cardiac MDCT scans, organs other than the heart are also irradiated, but usually not assessed.
Methods
A total of 503 patients underwent cardiac imaging with 16- or 64-slice MDCT. Cardiologists assessed the heart, while radiologists reviewed the other organs.
Results
A total of 346 new, noncardiac findings were identified in 292 patients (58.1%). A total of 114 patients (22.7%) had clinically significant findings including 4 cases of malignancy (0.8%).
Conclusions
There were a significant number of noncardiac findings in cardiac MDCT. To avoid missing clinically important findings, physicians who analyze cardiac MDCT scan—either radiologists or cardiologists—should carefully …
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