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"18FDG PET/CT & Arterial Inflammation: Predicting Cardiovascular Events in Lung Cancer".
QJM : Monthly Journal of the Association of Physicians 2019 Februrary 3
18F-FDG PET/CT predicst cardiovascular disease. To analyze the predictive value of cardiovascular events from inflammation and arterial calcification in patients who underwent an 18F-FDG PET/CT for lung cancer. A retrospective study of 274 patients with primary lung neoplasia.We determined: [1] TBR (target-to-background ratio), and [2] the calcium score, at eight common arterial segments. We took as arteriosclerosis, a TBR ≥1.6 and ≥15 Calcium Score sum. We registered cardiovascular risk factors, comorbidities, histology, stage, treatment, status at the last clinical review, cause of death and cardiovascular event during the follow-up.The territory presenting the greatest uptake of 18F -FDG, was the thoracic aorta with an average of 1.77 (± 0.27 TBR) in the aortic arch, while the greatest degree of calcification was obtained in the abdominal aorta (52% with a Calcium Score ≥ 3). 24% of the patients presented a sum Calcium Score ≥15, and 17% a TBR ≥1.6. Patients with high TBR, (17%), had not a higher frequency of cardiovascular comorbidities beforehand, nor did they in the follow-up. However, those with a sum Calcium Score ≥15 (24%), were older, had more cardiovascular risk factors and ischemic events during follow-up. The calcium score, but not the TBR, predicted the emergence of a cardiovascular event (HR 4.9 IC95% 2.1-9.1, p<0.05).In our cohort, a high Calcium Score was an independent predictor for developing cardiovascular events.
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