Radiology: Coronary CT can be a stone with more than a bird! Lung embolism, cancer, osteoporosis can also be detected.

the !---- coronary CT has gone beyond heart testing.a recent Danish study of 1,487 participants showed that checking the mineral density of the thoracic vertebrae "by the way" during routine coronary CT can help screening for osteoporosis.studies showed that those with low thoracic bone mineral density had a higher risk of fractures and fractures due to osteoporosis.researchers believe that osteoporosis is higher, and screening for osteoporosis when doing coronary CT saves medical costs and reduces radiation.the additional benefits of coronary CT, Chinese scholars have also reported frequently.such as Wuhan Asian Heart Hospital Lu Jinguo, Yang Bingchun and other research found that coronary CT in the diagnosis of coronary heart disease at the same time, can basically and clearly diagnose pulmonary embolism.studies showed that in patients diagnosed with pulmonary embolism, 93.9% of patients with a confirmed pulmonary embolism showed signs of thrombosis in the coronary CT scan area, while the remaining 6.1% of patients with pulmonary embolism were small areas of pulmonary embolism, and thrombosis was found in only two pulmonary arteries. in another study, Jia Chongfu, the first hospital affiliated with Dalian Medical University, expanded the field of coronary CT scanning in 1030 patients, and accidentally detected 197 patients with ostic lesions, with a detection rate of 19.1%., 90 cases of meaningful lesions, the detection rate was 8.7%, 3 cases were lung cancer, 8 cases were pulmonary artery embolism.Jia Chongfu, etc., said that in the coronary CT image evaluation process, in addition to evaluating heart disease change, should also pay attention to the corresponding scanning range of ostic lesions, in the absence of increased radiation dose of the early detection of extra-cardiac lesions has important clinical significance.in Dalian scholars this study published, Professor Dai Yiping of the hospital wrote the editor according to the note that the study is very meaningful, coronary CT diagnostics should really be careful, in addition to the coronary artery and heart, should be within the range of the image of tissue organs to carry out a comprehensive diagnosis, to achieve heart-lung-vertical and heavy.but on whether the coronary CT scan must choose to expand the scanning field of vision reconstruction, expand the scope of diagnosis, Dai pointed out that domestic and foreign guidelines and expert consensus are not mentioned, recommended professional society or experts to further study and publicity, to guide clinical work.in addition, advanced CT equipment, for different purposes of inspection, select different scanning sequences and reconstruction methods., therefore, the first diagnosis (impression) of the first doctor is the basis for choosing the examination method, how to avoid the patient's pre-treatment diagnosis less detours, the doctor's first consultation application is particularly important.so it is necessary for clinicians to understand some diagnostic examination knowledge..