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Spirometry in patients screened for coronary artery disease: is it useful?

Frederico Leon Arrabal FernandesRegina Maria de Carvalho PintoRaphael StelmachJoão Marcos SalgeCarlos Eduardo RochitteEliane Cardoso Dos Santos SouzaJanaina Danielle PessiAscédio José Rodrigues
Published in: Jornal brasileiro de pneumologia : publicacao oficial da Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisilogia (2019)
The prevalence of spirometric abnormalities appears to be high in patients undergoing cardiac CT for CAD screening. Smokers, elderly individuals, and patients with CAD are at an increased risk of lung function abnormalities and therefore should undergo spirometry. (ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01734629 [http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/]).
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