Prediction of cardiovascular events by using non-vascular findings on routine chest CT.

BACKGROUND: Routine computed tomography (CT) examinations contain an abundance of findings unrelated to the diagnostic question. Those with prognostic significance may contribute to early detection and treatment of disease, irrelevant findings can be ignored. We aimed to assess the association betwe...

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Main Authors: Pim A de Jong, Martijn J A Gondrie, Constantinus F M Buckens, Peter C Jacobs, Willem P T h M Mali, Yolanda van der Graaf, PROVIDI study group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3192154?pdf=render