Predicting complications and morbidities in PAD patients through lower extremity compositions with dual-energy CT and material decomposition: a 2-year follow-up observational study - Lin, Dao-Chen; Tsai, Pei-Shan; Lin, Tzu-Lin; Huang, Wen-Hui; Liu, Yu-Peng; Wu, Tung-Hsin; Shih, Cheng‑Ting (BMC cardiovascular disorders, 2025)
Keywords: Abdomen; Adiposity; Aged; Amputation; Amputation, Surgical; Analysis; Body Composition; Bone composition; Bone mass; Bones; Cardiovascular disease; Care and treatment; Comorbidity; Complications and side effects; Computed tomography; Contrast agents; Cortical bone; Cortical bone mass volume; CT imaging; Decomposition; Density; Diagnosis; Diagnostic imaging; Dual energy CT; Energy; Falls (Accidents); Female; Follow-Up Studies; Fractures; Humans; Inflammation; Iodine; Ischemia; Lower Extremity - blood supply; Lower Extremity - diagnostic imaging; Male; Material decomposition; Medical imaging; Medical imaging equipment; Medical research; Medicine, Experimental; Middle Aged; Morbidity; Muscle, Skeletal - diagnostic imaging; Muscle, Skeletal - physiopathology; Observational studies; Patients; Peripheral Arterial Disease - complications; Peripheral Arterial Disease - diagnostic imaging; Peripheral Arterial Disease - physiopathology; Peripheral Arterial Disease - therapy; Peripheral vascular diseases; Predictive Value of Tests; Prevention; Prognosis; Risk Assessment; Risk Factors; Severity of Illness Index; Stenosis; Time Factors; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; Vascular diseases; Vein & artery diseases; Taiwan; Material decomposition; Dual energy CT; Cortical bone mass volume