Incidental cardiac and pericardial abnormalities on chest CT.
OBJECTIVE
Although there has been an increasing interest in diagnosing cardiac and pericardial diseases using electrocardiogram-gated cardiac computed tomography (CT), radiologists tend to neglect or overlook many incidentally detected abnormalities on conventional, nongated chest CT. The objective of this study is to describe the imaging appearance and clinical significance of such cardiac or pericardial diseases.


CONCLUSIONS
Recognition and detection of various cardiac and pericardial abnormalities on chest CT as the evaluation of noncardiac disease is important for its early diagnosis and proper management.
Lee
Soo-Hyun
SH
Department of Radiology and Research Institute of Radiology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.
Seo
Joon Beom
JB
Kang
Joon-Won
JW
Chae
Eun Jin
EJ
Park
Seong Hoon
SH
Lim
Tae-Hwan
TH
D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006321:Heart / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010496:Pericardium / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D013909:Thorax / Q000002:abnormalities; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed