Table 2.

Prevalence of incidental cardiac and extracardiac findings

	Total IF	% of cardiac or extracardiac IF	% of all IF	Significant IF
Incidental cardiac findings
Left atrial dilatation	34	47.9	16.1
Right atrial dilatation	14	19.7	6.6
Aortic valve calcifications	7	9.9	3.3
Lipomatous metaplasia (chronic myocardial infarction)	3	4.2	1.4
Pericardial effusion	3	4.2	1.4
Left ventricular hypertrophy	2	2.3	1.0	1
Atrial septal aneurysm	1	1.4	0.5
Left atrial thrombus	1	1.4	0.5
Other	6	8.5	2.8
Total	71	100.0	33.6	1
Incidental extracardiac findings
Pulmonary nodules	54	38.6	25.6	23
Emphysema	21	15.0	10.0
Pleural effusion/thickening	6	4.2	2.8
Thoracic aorta dilatation	5	3.6	2.4
Enlarged mediastinal lymph nodes	4	2.9	1.9	3
Subclavian artery stenosis	4	2,9	1.9
Main pulmonary artery dilatation	2	1.4	1.0
Brachiocephalic artery stenosis	1	0.7	0.5
Pulmonary infiltrates	1	0.7	0.5	1
Hiatal hernia	17	12.1	8.1
Hepatic lesions	10	7.1	4.7	6
Abdominal aorta aneurysm	1	0.7	0.5
Adrenal gland adenoma	1	0.7	0.5
Thyroid nodules	7	5.0	3.3	3
Breast abnormalities	2	1.4	1.0
Other	4	2.9	1.9
Total	140	100	66.4	36