Currently, in the TAVR era, the term PA is frequently used. It became an important factor for
patient selection and sometimes serves as the primary indication for the TAVR approach …

Background Surgery remains the cornerstone of esophageal cancer treatment but is
burdened with high procedure-related morbidity. Anastomotic leakage as the most important …

Purpose To determine if abdominal aortic calcification (AAC) at CT predicts cardiovascular
events independent of Framingham risk score (FRS). Materials and Methods For this …

Purpose To evaluate the association between the amount and location of calcifications of
the supplying arteries of the gastric tube, as determined with a vascular calcification scoring …

Background Anastomotic leakage is associated with increased morbidity and mortality after
esophagectomy. Calcification of the arteries supplying the gastric tube has been identified …

Low-dose CT screening for lung cancer provides images of the entire chest and upper
abdomen. While the focus of screening is on finding early lung cancer, radiology leadership …

Understanding the detailed tumor microenvironment (TME) is essential to achieve effective
treatment of tumor, because TME has an extremely profound influence on the occurrence …

Objectives To assess the value of a CT-based abdominal aortic calcification (AAC) score as
a surrogate marker for the presence of asymptomatic coronary artery disease (CAD) …

Purpose To investigate the contribution of incidental findings at chest computed tomography
(CT) in the detection of subjects at high risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) by deriving …

Background: We report the results of our retrospective analysis of the ability of standard
chest CT scans to correctly diagnose cancer in the breast. Methods: Four hundred and fifty …