Potential Clinical and Economic Consequences of Noncardiac Incidental Findings on Cardiac Computed Tomography

We sought to determine the incidence, clinical significance, and potential financial impact of noncardiac incidental findings (IF) identified with cardiac computed tomography (CT).Cardiac CT is gaining acceptance and may lead to the frequent discovery of extracardiac IF.Consecutive patients undergoing cardiac CT had noncardiac structures evaluated after full field of view (32 to 50 cm) reconstruction. IF were categorized as clinically...