Diagnosis of anemia on CT scans of the thorax

Visualization of the interventricular septum on nonenhanced CT scans of the thorax of patients with anemia has been illustrated in the literature and explained in terms of a density differential between the cardiac musculature and the blood of anemic patients (blood with a low hemoglobin level). There are no data on the frequency of visualization of the walls of the cardiac chambers, the aorta and its branches, the superior and inferior venae cavae, the brachiocephalic veins, the azygos arch, and so forth. Experience with 50 patients is reported in terms of the foregoing. Findings are correlated with the severity of the anemia, thereby indicating how commonly one may encounter such an appearance