The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 137, Issue 1 , Pages 30-35 , January 2009

A thoracic surgery clinic dedicated to indeterminate pulmonary nodules: Too many scans and too little pathology?

  • Nirmal K. Veeramachaneni, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Thoracic Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Mo
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  • Traves D. Crabtree, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Thoracic Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Mo
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  • Daniel Kreisel, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Thoracic Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Mo
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  • Jennifer B. Zoole, BSN

      Affiliations

    • Division of Thoracic Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Mo
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  • Joanne F. Musick, BSN

      Affiliations

    • Division of Thoracic Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Mo
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  • Nicole G. Taylor, APRN

      Affiliations

    • Division of Thoracic Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Mo
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  • Alexander S. Krupnick, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Thoracic Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Mo
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  • David S. Gierada, MD

      Affiliations

    • Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Mo
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  • G. Alexander Patterson, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Thoracic Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Mo
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  • Bryan F. Meyers, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Division of Thoracic Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Mo
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Bryan F. Meyers, MD, MPH, One Barnes-Jewish Hospital Plaza, Suite 3108 Queeny Tower, St. Louis, MO 63110-1013.

Received 9 May 2008 ,Revised 6 August 2008 ,Accepted 1 September 2008.

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 Read at the Eighty-eighth Annual Meeting of The American Association for Thoracic Surgery, San Diego, California, May 10–14, 2008.

PII: S0022-5223(08)01498-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2008.09.011

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 137, Issue 1 , Pages 30-35 , January 2009

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