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

• Published in: BMC cardiovascular disorders Vol. 25; no. 1; pp. 268 - 12
• Main Authors: Lin, Dao-Chen, Tsai, Pei-Shan, Lin, Tzu-Lin, Huang, Wen-Hui, Liu, Yu-Peng, Wu, Tung-Hsin, Shih, Cheng‑Ting
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 08.04.2025; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: 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

Peripheral artery disease (PAD) is associated with various morbidities. This study aims to investigate the correlation between different lower extremity compositions and development of morbidities in PAD patients. Between January 2018 and December 2020, 108 subjects diagnosed of PAD were enrolled (m...