Incidental Pulmonary Nodules on Cardiac Computed Tomography: Prognosis and Use

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 121, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 989-996

  Iribarren, Carlos ^a,b   Hlatky, Mark A ^c   Chandra, Malini ^a   Fair, Joan M ^c   Rubin, Geoffrey D ^c   Go, Alan S ^a,b   Burt, Jeremy R ^d   Fortmann, Stephen P ^c  

^a DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Incidental findings; Multidetector row computed tomography; Pulmonary nodules; Spiral computed tomography

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIAC COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG CANCER; LUNG NODULE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SAMPLE; THORAX; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; FEMALE; HEART; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 54349102010     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2008.05.040     Document Type: Article

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