Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Chest CT illuminates mortality risk in people with COPD

Body composition information derived from routine chest CTs can provide important information on the overall health of people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), including their risk of all-cause mortality, ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Chest CT can distinguish negative from positive lab results for COVID-19

An open-access American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR) article exploring the diagnostic value of chest CT for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pneumonia—especially for patients with negative initial results of reverse transcription-polymerase ...

Radiology & Imaging

Artificial intelligence model can detect COVID-19 on chest CT

(HealthDay)—Artificial intelligence allows coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) to be detected and differentiated from community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) on chest computed tomography (CT), according to a study published ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

CT provides best diagnosis for COVID-19

In a study of more than 1,000 patients published in the journal Radiology, chest CT outperformed lab testing in the diagnosis of 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The researchers concluded that CT should be used ...

Cardiology

Sometimes, a non-invasive procedure will suffice

When a patient complains about chest pain, diagnosis will usually involve catheter angiography to evaluate the adequacy of blood supply to the heart. Researchers from Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin have now established ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Chest CT is increasingly being used in COPD assessment

(HealthDay)—Chest computed tomography (CT) is increasingly being used, and can provide additional insight, in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to research published online June 29 in the American ...

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