Noncardiac Incidental Findings on Cardiac CT: A Step-by-Step Approach

Christopher D. Maroules; Brian B. Ghoshhajra; Nagina Malguria; Michael Landay; Jed Hummel; Maros Ferencik; Suhny Abbara

doi:10.1007/s12410-014-9283-z

Noncardiac Incidental Findings on Cardiac CT: A Step-by-Step Approach

Christopher D. Maroules, Brian B. Ghoshhajra, Nagina Malguria, Michael Landay, Jed Hummel, Maros Ferencik, Suhny Abbara

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Noncardiac incidental findings on cardiac CT are remarkably common and some of these may have a significant impact on patient management. Herein, we present a straightforward and cost-effective step-by-step approach for identifying and reporting noncardiac incidental findings. In Step 1, we discuss the 'ABCDEFG' search pattern for systematically reviewing noncardiac organ systems. The most prevalent and clinically significant incidental findings are highlighted with strategies for increasing their conspicuity. In Step 2, the importance of reviewing clinical history and prior imaging studies is discussed. In Step 3, we provide a classification scheme and follow-up recommendations for incidental findings based on their potential clinical significance.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	9283
Pages (from-to)	1-10
Number of pages	10
Journal	Current Cardiovascular Imaging Reports
Volume	7
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s12410-014-9283-z
State	Published - Aug 2014

Keywords

Cardiac computed tomography
Cardiovascular imaging
Incidental findings
Noncardiac structures

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Histology
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
Cell Biology

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