Visual scoring of aortic valve calcifications on low-dose CT in lung cancer screening.
Yeqing ZhuYong WangWilliam E GioiaRowena YipArtit C JirapatnakulMichael S ChungDavid F YankelevitzClaudia I HenschkePublished in: European radiology (2020)
• LDCT screening for lung cancer provides an opportunity to identify lung cancer and cardiovascular disease in asymptomatic smokers. • Visual aortic valve calcification scores could be reliably evaluated on LDCT and had substantial agreement with the severity of aortic valve stenosis on echocardiography. • Sensitivity and specificity of moderate/severe visual AVC scores on LDCT for moderate/severe AS on echocardiogram were 100% and 94%, respectively.
Keyphrases
- aortic valve
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- transcatheter aortic valve implantation
- aortic valve replacement
- low dose
- aortic stenosis
- cardiovascular disease
- computed tomography
- high intensity
- early onset
- left ventricular
- pulmonary hypertension
- positron emission tomography
- contrast enhanced
- magnetic resonance imaging
- coronary artery disease
- cardiovascular risk factors