DOI: 10.1148/radiol.240473 ISSN: 0033-8419

Association of Epicardial Adipose Tissue Changes on Serial Chest CT Scans with Mortality: Insights from the National Lung Screening Trial

Isabel L. Langenbach, Ibrahim Hadzic, Roman Zeleznik, Marcel C. Langenbach, David Maintz, Thomas Mayrhofer, Michael T. Lu, Hugo J. W. L. Aerts, Borek Foldyna

On serial lung cancer screening CT scans in individuals at high risk of developing lung cancer, atypical epicardial adipose tissue volume change was associated with all-cause mortality, while volume decrease and density increase were associated with elevated risk of cardiovascular mortality.

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