Clinical research<BR>Prevalence of incidental noncardiac findings diagnosed by computer tomography in 875 consecutive patients in an academic outpatient cardiac computer tomography facility

Andrea Cronin; Wilbert Aronow; Srikala Devabhakturi; Amit Asija; Raja Varma; Albert J. DeLuca; Elliott H. Sumers; Maurice R. Poplausky; Paul H. Kim; Keith A. Young; Melvin B. Weiss; Robert N. Belkin

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Clinical research
Prevalence of incidental noncardiac findings diagnosed by computer tomography in 875 consecutive patients in an academic outpatient cardiac computer tomography facility

Andrea Cronin

,

Wilbert S. Aronow

,

Srikala Devabhakturi

,

Amit Asija

,

Raja Varma

,

Albert J. DeLuca

,

Elliott H. Sumers

,

Maurice R. Poplausky

,

Paul H. Kim

,

Keith A. Young

,

Melvin B. Weiss

,

Robert N. Belkin

Arch Med Sci 2008; 4, 4: 401–403

Online publish date: 2009/01/26

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Cronin A, Aronow WS, Devabhakturi S, et al. Clinical researchPrevalence of incidental noncardiac findings diagnosed by computer tomography in 875 consecutive patients in an academic outpatient cardiac computer tomography facility. Archives of Medical Science. 2008;4(4):401-403.

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Cronin, A., Aronow, W. S., Devabhakturi, S., Asija, A., Varma, R.,  & DeLuca, A. et al. (2008). Clinical researchPrevalence of incidental noncardiac findings diagnosed by computer tomography in 875 consecutive patients in an academic outpatient cardiac computer tomography facility. Archives of Medical Science, 4(4), 401-403.

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Cronin, Andrea, Wilbert S Aronow, Srikala Devabhakturi, Amit Asija, Raja Varma, Albert J. DeLuca,  and Elliott H. Sumers et al. 2008. "Clinical researchPrevalence of incidental noncardiac findings diagnosed by computer tomography in 875 consecutive patients in an academic outpatient cardiac computer tomography facility". Archives of Medical Science 4 (4): 401-403.

Harvard

Cronin, A., Aronow, W., Devabhakturi, S., Asija, A., Varma, R., DeLuca, A., Sumers, E., Poplausky, M., Kim, P., Young, K., Weiss, M.,  and Belkin, R. (2008). Clinical researchPrevalence of incidental noncardiac findings diagnosed by computer tomography in 875 consecutive patients in an academic outpatient cardiac computer tomography facility. Archives of Medical Science, 4(4), pp.401-403.

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Cronin, Andrea et al. "Clinical researchPrevalence of incidental noncardiac findings diagnosed by computer tomography in 875 consecutive patients in an academic outpatient cardiac computer tomography facility." Archives of Medical Science, vol. 4, no. 4, 2008, pp. 401-403.

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Cronin A, Aronow W, Devabhakturi S, Asija A, Varma R, DeLuca A et al. Clinical researchPrevalence of incidental noncardiac findings diagnosed by computer tomography in 875 consecutive patients in an academic outpatient cardiac computer tomography facility. Archives of Medical Science. 2008;4(4):401-403.

Introduction: To determine the prevalence of clinically significant noncardiac findings in patients undergoing computer tomography in an outpatient cardiac computer tomography facility.

Material and methods: Eight hundred and ninety-four procedures were performed in 875 consecutive patients referred for computer tomography procedures in an academic outpatient cardiac computer tomography facility. The patients included 518 men and 357 women, mean age 64±12 years. Cardiac and coronary artery calcium studies studies were interpreted by1of 2 board certified cardiologists experienced in cardiac computer tomography. All noncardiac studies as well as all segments of the chest imaged during cardiac and coronary artery calcium studies were interpreted by 1 of 3 experienced board certified radiologists.

Results: Radiologically significant clinically significant noncardiac findings were found in 163 of 875 patients (19%). Clinically significant incidental pulmonary findings were found in 133 of 875 patients (15%) and clinically significant noncardiac nonpulmonary findings in 44 of 875 patients (5%).

Conclusions: A significant number of radiologically significant clinically significant noncardiac findings requiring follow-up can be identified by cardiac computer tomography.

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Clinical researchPrevalence of incidental noncardiac findings diagnosed by computer tomography in 875 consecutive patients in an academic outpatient cardiac computer tomography facility

Andrea Cronin , Wilbert S. Aronow , Srikala Devabhakturi , Amit Asija , Raja Varma , Albert J. DeLuca , Elliott H. Sumers , Maurice R. Poplausky , Paul H. Kim , Keith A. Young , Melvin B. Weiss , Robert N. Belkin

computer tomography, computer tomography coronary angiography, computer tomography of chest

Clinical research
Prevalence of incidental noncardiac findings diagnosed by computer tomography in 875 consecutive patients in an academic outpatient cardiac computer tomography facility

Andrea Cronin

,

Wilbert S. Aronow

,

Srikala Devabhakturi

,

Amit Asija

,

Raja Varma

,

Albert J. DeLuca

,

Elliott H. Sumers

,

Maurice R. Poplausky

,

Paul H. Kim

,

Keith A. Young

,

Melvin B. Weiss

,

Robert N. Belkin