Quantitative CT analysis of honeycombing area predicts mortality in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis with definite usual interstitial pneumonia pattern: A retrospective cohort study.
Hiroaki NakagawaEmiko OgawaKentaro FukunagaDaisuke KinoseMasafumi YamaguchiTaishi NagaoSachiko Tanaka-MizunoYasutaka NakanoPublished in: PloS one (2019)
Quantitative CT-derived HA might be an important and independent predictor of mortality in IPF patients with definite UIP pattern.
Keyphrases
- idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
- image quality
- computed tomography
- dual energy
- cardiovascular events
- contrast enhanced
- interstitial lung disease
- high resolution
- risk factors
- positron emission tomography
- magnetic resonance imaging
- cardiovascular disease
- magnetic resonance
- rheumatoid arthritis
- intensive care unit
- systemic sclerosis
- respiratory failure
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- community acquired pneumonia