Vascular abnormalities not to miss on routine chest CT: A pictorial review.

Abstract

There is a wide and ever-increasing range of imaging indications for thoracic computed tomography (CT). Identifying and appropriately triaging cardiovascular findings is often challenging, especially in non-gated or unenhanced studies. The authors provide a pictorial review of clinically relevant abnormalities of the main intrathoracic vessels (aorta, superior vena cava, pulmonary arteries and coronary arteries), for radiologists reporting non-gated enhanced or unenhanced CT of the thorax.