冠状动脉CTA扫描中额外的发现.pdf

Eur Radiol (2009) 19: 570–576 DOI 10.1007/s00330-008-1195-3 CARDIAC Jay Koonce Extra-cardiac findings at cardiac CT: Joseph U. Schoepf Shaun A. Nguyen experience with 1,764 patients Meredith C. Northam James G. Ravenel Abstract To investigate incidental clinically important and occurred in Received: 9 April 2008 Revised: 8 August 2008 extra-cardiac findings (ECF) at cardi- 60/463 (12.9%) CSs, 149/737 (20.2%) Accepted: 11 August 2008 ac CT based on indication and impact CTAs, 56/341 (16.4%) PVSs and Published online: 17 October 2008 on patient management. We retro- 60/223 (26.9%) CABGs. Differences # European Society of Radiology 2008 spectively reviewed the reports of between CABG and other indications 1,764 patients who underwent a car- and CTA vs. CS for incidental and diac CT study between January 1, clinically important findings were 2004 and December 31, 2006, in- statistically significant (p0.05). cluding 463 calcium scorings (CS), Extra-cardiac findings requiring fol- 737 coronary CT angiograms (CTA), low-up occur in 18% of patients and 341 pulmonary vein stenoses (PVS), are significantly more frequent in and 223 bypass grafts (CABG). ECFs coronary artery CTA and coronary were categorized by type of examina-