ArticleEuropean radiology2020
Visual scoring of aortic valve calcifications on low-dose CT in lung cancer screening.
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- Coronary artery calcium and thoracic aortic calcification on non-ECG-gated chest CT in a large community-based cohort of Chinese men and women.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2026Article
- Visual ordinal grading of aortic valve calcification on routine non-gated chest CT predicts prognosis and alters management.European radiology · 2025Article
- Aortic Valve Calcium Score: Applications in Clinical Practice and Scientific Research-A Narrative Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
- Associating the Severity of Emphysema with Coronary Flow Reserve and Left Atrial Conduit Function for the Emphysema Patients with Known or Suspected Coronary Artery Disease.Magnetic resonance in medical sciences : MRMS : an official journal of Japan Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine · 2024Article
- ERS/ESTS/ESTRO/ESR/ESTI/EFOMP statement on management of incidental findings from low dose CT screening for lung cancer.European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery · 2023Article
- Opportunistic screening at chest computed tomography: literature review of cardiovascular significance of incidental findings.Cardiovascular diagnosis and therapy · 2023Review
- Quantification of epicardial fat volume using low-dose cardiac scan in patients with low calcium score.Quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery · 2023Article
- Aortic Valve Calcification Score in Patients with Arterial Hypertension Environmentally Exposed to Tobacco Smoke.Cardiovascular toxicology · 2021Article
- Added benefits of early detection of other diseases on low-dose CT screening.Translational lung cancer research · 2021Review
- Reporting incidental coronary, aortic valve and cardiac calcification on non-gated thoracic computed tomography, a consensus statement from the BSCI/BSCCT and BSTI.The British journal of radiology · 2021Article
- Combined aortic valve and coronary artery calcifications in lung cancer screening as predictors of death from cardiovascular disease.European radiology · 2020Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo evaluate risk factors for prevalence and progression of aortic valve calcification (AVC) in lung cancer screening participants and also to assess the sensitivity and reliability of visual AVCs on low-dose CT (LDCT) for predicting aortic stenosis (AS) in high-risk smokers.
methodsWe reviewed 1225 consecutive participants in annual LDCT screening for lung cancer at the Mount Sinai Hospital between 2010 and 2017. Sensitivity and specificity of moderate/severe AVC score on LDCT to identify AS on echocardiogram were calculated for 126 participants who had both within 12 months. Using regression analyses, risk factors for AVC at baseline, for progression, and for new AVC on annual rounds of screening were identified. Reliability of AVC assessment on LDCT was assessed by comparing visual AVC scores (1) with standard-dose, electrocardiography (ECG)-gated CT for 31 participants who had both within 12 months and (2) with Agatston scores of 1225 participants and by determining (3) the intra-reader agreement of 1225 participants.
resultsVisual AVC scores on LDCT had substantial agreement with the severity of AS on echocardiography and substantial inter-observer and excellent intra-observer agreement. Sensitivity and specificity of moderate/severe visual AVC scores for moderate/severe AS on echocardiogram were 100% and 94%, respectively. Significant predictors for baseline AVC were male sex (OR = 2.52), age (OR
conclusionsAVC scores on LDCT should be documented, especially in lung cancer screening program. KEY POINTS: • 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.
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