Incidental findings and duty-of-care protocols in cardiovascular magnetic resonance among older adults: a prospective population-based study from MyoFit46.

Matthew Webber¹, Fiona Chan², Constantin-Cristian Topriceanu³, Emma Martin⁴, George Joy¹, Jonathan Bennett¹, Debbie Falconer², Franca Morselli¹, Hunain Shiwani⁵, Pablo Gonzalez⁶, Lee Hamill Howes⁴, Andrew Wong⁴, Alicja Rapala⁴, Steven Bandula⁵, Rhodri H Davies¹, Peter Kellman⁷, Iain Pierce¹, Michele Orini⁸, Rebecca Hardy⁹, Nishi Chaturvedi⁴, James C Moon¹, Pier D Lambiase¹, Alun D Hughes⁸, Gabriella Captur¹⁰

¹Barts Heart Centre, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, UK; Institute of Cardiovascular Science, University College London, London, UK.

²Barts Heart Centre, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, UK; Institute of Cardiovascular Science, University College London, London, UK; Centre for Inherited Heart Muscle Conditions, Department of Cardiology, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK; Medical Research Council Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing at UCL, London, UK.

³Barts Heart Centre, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, UK; Institute of Cardiovascular Science, University College London, London, UK; Medical Research Council Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing at UCL, London, UK.

⁴Medical Research Council Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing at UCL, London, UK.

⁵Institute of Cardiovascular Science, University College London, London, UK.

⁶ELEM Biotech, Bristol, UK.

⁷National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.

⁸Institute of Cardiovascular Science, University College London, London, UK; Medical Research Council Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing at UCL, London, UK.

⁹CLOSER, London, UK.

¹⁰Institute of Cardiovascular Science, University College London, London, UK; Centre for Inherited Heart Muscle Conditions, Department of Cardiology, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK; Medical Research Council Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing at UCL, London, UK. Electronic address: gabriella.captur@ucl.ac.uk.

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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Incidental findings are often found in imaging research, especially in older people (aged ≥75 years). Understanding their prevalence is essential to inform consent and disclosure protocols as well as anticipate onward investigation balanced against minimising unnecessary anxiety and health-care burden. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of incidental findings in a po…

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