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Atherosclerosis
New atherosclerosis study findings have been published by A. Hiltunen and colleagues
May 13th, 2008
According to a study from Helsinki, Finland, "Standard chest computed tomography (CT) examinations may contain valuable and underused information on atherosclerosis. To study the retrospective scoring of chest atherosclerosis in CT studies performed for reasons other than cardiovascular." "Unenhanced CT images originally used for lung cancer screening of 505 male construction workers were retrospectively analyzed for chest atherosclerotic calcifications (coronary, aortic, and precervical artery origins). Findings were compared between those with a prediagnosed cardiovascular disease or diabetes (n=180) and disease-free subjects (n=325). Arterial calcifications (all)...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2008-05-13)
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