Table 4 Clinical, diagnostic and therapeutic features of patients with evidence at CT scanning of pulmonary nodules.

From: Concomitant screening of coronary artery disease and lung cancer with a new ultrafast-low-dose Computed Tomography protocol: A pilot randomised trial

N.

Age

Sex

Smoking

Indication to Cardiac CT

Cardiac CT

Lung CT

Therapy

1

67

F

Current

Multiple

risk factors

No stenosis

Single nodule

4 cm

Follow-up CT scan at 12 month

2

59

F

Current

Positive exercise stress test

LCx: multiple plaques but no stenosis

Single nodule

6 mm

Follow-up CT scan at 3 month

3

69

M

Current

Multiple

risk factors

No stenosis

Single nodule

2 cm

PET-CT and surgery

4

61

M

Former

Family history of CAD

No stenosis

Single nodule

5 mm

Follow-up CT scan at 3 month

5

77

M

Current

LV systolic dysfunction (EF: 45%)

Diffuse atherosclerosis but no stenosis

Single nodule

7 mm

Follow-up CT scan at 3 month

6

69

M

Current

Multiple

risk factors

Diffuse atherosclerosis but no stenosis

Single nodule

14 mm

PET-CT and surgery

7

44

M

Current

Family history of CAD

LAD: atherosclerosis but no stenosis

Single nodule

5 mm

Follow-up CT scan at 3 month

  1. CAD = Coronary artery disease; CT = computed tomography; LCx: Left circumflex artery; EF = Ejection fraction; F = Female; M = Male; LAD = Left anterior descending artery; LV = Left ventricle; PET = Positron emission tomography.