Visual Ordinal Coronary Artery Calcium Score from Non-Gated Chest CT Predicts Mortality After Severe Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Exacerbation.
Huiying XuMin Sen YewPublished in: International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (2023)
Ordinal CAC measured from a current or recent ungated chest CT is an independent predictor of all-cause mortality in admitted AECOPD patients with no previous coronary revascularization.
Keyphrases
- chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- coronary artery
- image quality
- dual energy
- computed tomography
- contrast enhanced
- pulmonary artery
- lung function
- coronary artery disease
- positron emission tomography
- magnetic resonance imaging
- early onset
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- coronary artery bypass grafting
- magnetic resonance
- intensive care unit
- aortic stenosis
- ejection fraction
- respiratory failure