Standardised 3D-CT lung volumes for patients with acute exacerbation of rheumatoid arthritis-associated interstitial lung disease.
Yuko TanakaYuzo SuzukiAiko SakuMasato KonoDai HashimotoHirotsugu HasegawaKoshi YokomuraYusuke InoueHironao HozumiMasato KarayamaKazuki FuruhashiNoriyuki EnomotoTomoyuki FujisawaNaoki InuiTakafumi SudaPublished in: Rheumatology (Oxford, England) (2023)
Volume loss at AE in patients with RA-ILD was associated with increased mortality. Assessing physiological change using standardised 3D-CT might help evaluate disease severity and mortality risk in patients with AE-RA-ILD.
Keyphrases
- interstitial lung disease
- rheumatoid arthritis
- systemic sclerosis
- image quality
- dual energy
- disease activity
- computed tomography
- contrast enhanced
- idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
- chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- ankylosing spondylitis
- positron emission tomography
- cardiovascular events
- magnetic resonance
- risk factors
- type diabetes