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(Chest. 1951;20:167-176.)
© 1951 American College of Chest Physicians

Interesting Cardiovascular Abnormalities Discovered on Mass Chest Roentgen Surveys

HYMAN ALEXANDER M.D., F.C.C.P.1

1 Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, New York University, Post-Graduate Medical School.

1) The prevalence of cardiovascular abnormalities on routine chest roentgen surveys varies from 2 to 6 per cent.

2) These variations no doubt are due to differences in age and race among the different segments of population surveyed.

3) More than 50 per cent of abnormalities of the cardiovascular silhouette discovered on routine chest roentgen surveys are found to be due to organic disease on subsequent examination.

4) This correlation between roentgen and clinical findings is an extremely important one particularly in conducting survey studies among children and young adults. A large percentage of patients thus discovered may benefit by recent advances in cardiovascular therapy.






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