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Article: Study data from Cleveland Clinic update knowledge of heart disease prognosis.
- Article from:
- Heart Disease Weekly
- Article date:
- February 22, 2009
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Fresh data on heart disease are presented in the report 'Prognostic utility of 64-slice computed tomography in patients with suspected but no documented coronary artery disease.' "Although multislice computed tomography (MSCT) detects obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD) with high diagnostic accuracy, there is a paucity of long-term prognostic data. We sought to assess the incremental prognostic value of 64-slice CT in patients with suspected but no documented CAD," researchers in the United States report (see also Heart Disease Prognosis).
"Coronary MSCT was performed on 227 individuals (61% men, mean age 54 [+ or -]12 years, 63% with intermediate pre-test ...
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