But as a precaution an ear, nose and throat specialist had ordered a CT scan of Schnure’s chest. While preparing for sinus surgery, Schnure had a CT scan of his head that was approved by his ...

CT scans of the head, for example, expose patients to about the equivalence of one year of natural radiation. This is about 100 times the radiation dose from a chest X ray. Other CT examinations ...

PREOPERATIVE chest CT markers of myosteatosis, specifically reduced skeletal muscle density (SMD) and increased intermuscular adipose tissue (IMAT), are associated with worse overall survival (OS) in ...

Rubinshtein et al performed 64-slice CT on 58 intermediate risk patients with chest pain. [18] Patients were deemed to be intermediate risk if they had chest pain, a normal baseline EKG and no ...

Several cardiovascular risk factors, such as advanced age and smoking history, are prevalent among lung cancer patients at the time of the diagnosis and increase their risk of future heart disease, ...

Radiography and computed tomography (CT) of the chest reportedly showed no abnormalities. Coronary angiography showed severe stenosis of the right coronary artery, and a stent was placed.