Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
Volume 3, Issue 6 , Pages 361-371 , November 2009

Noncardiac findings on cardiac CT. Part II: Spectrum of imaging findings

  • Ronan P. Killeen, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, St. Vincent's University Hospital, Elm Park, Dublin 4, Ireland
    • ,
  • Ricardo C. Cury, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular MR and CT Program, Baptist (Miami) Cardiac and Vascular Institute and Baptist Hospital of Miami, 8900 N Kendall Drive, Miami, FL 33146, USA
    • ,
  • Aoife McErlean, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, St. Vincent's University Hospital, Elm Park, Dublin 4, Ireland
    • ,
  • Jonathan D. Dodd, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, St. Vincent's University Hospital, Elm Park, Dublin 4, Ireland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.

Received 14 June 2009 ,Accepted 24 October 2009.

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 Conflict of interest: The authors report no conflicts of interest.

PII: S1934-5925(09)00513-9

doi: 10.1016/j.jcct.2009.10.007

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
Volume 3, Issue 6 , Pages 361-371 , November 2009

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