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Hulten, Edward; Murthy, Venkatesh L
Heart (British Cardiac Society), 09/2022, Letnik: 108, Številka: 18Journal Article
Kelion et al1 report a cross-sectional study of the incidence of non-cardiac incidental findings on 4340 clinically indicated coronary CT angiography (CCTA). The first and most significant finding is that 15.8% of CCTA examinations contained an incidental finding, although 23.6% were previously known (12.1% newly recognised incidental findings). A large proportion of these findings, 43%, were pulmonary nodules or cysts of unclear clinical significance. While these incidentals would not otherwise have been diagnosed by screening criteria, their identification often does impose a burden on patients and medical systems without prognostic benefit.
