Is secondhand smoke exposure associated with increased carotid artery intima-media thickness : the Bogalusa Heart Study?
If the relationship is causal, the associations observed in this study suggest that more awareness should be raised on the dangers of SHS exposure during childhood so that its effect may be mitigated and controlled early in the cardiovascular disease process.
NCT was found to be significantly better at providing diagnostic information than APF in patients presenting with acute abdominal pain. It reduced the number of additional radiograms, but the total patient dose remained somewhat higher in the CT group even when using LDCT with 50 mAs.