Improved Lung Cancer Detection in Cardiovascular Outpatients by the Pulmonologist-based Interpretation of Chest Radiographs

摘要

Objective Pulmonologists and cardiologists view chest radiographs differently. Lung cancer may therefore go undetected in patients referred to cardiovascular departments. We aimed to determine the clinical benefit of the additional interpretation of chest radiographs by pulmonologists in study involving cardiovascular outpatients.