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. 2012 Jan 14;379(9811):136–142. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(11)61483-9

Table 5.

Most common sources of major discrepancy between autopsy and consensus radiology cause of death

Missed on imaging Overattributed on imaging
Coronary heart disease 12/86 (14%) 15/95 (16%)
Pulmonary embolism 10/10 (100%) 1/1 (100%)
Bronchopneumonia 9/28 (32%) 4/28 (14%)
Intestinal infarction 4/6 (67%) 1/3 (33%)

Data are n/N (%). Denominators for the left-hand column are total diagnoses of these disorders in the autopsy causes of death. Denominators in the right-hand column are the total diagnoses of these disorders in the consensus radiology causes of death.