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To the Editor: In their study of computed tomography (CT) screening and lung cancer outcomes, Dr Bach and colleagues¹ concluded that screening for lung cancer with low-dose CT may increase the rate of lung cancer diagnosis and treatment, but may not meaningfully reduce the risk of advanced lung cancer or death from lung cancer. The authors also stated that until more conclusive data are available, asymptomatic individuals should not be screened outside of clinical research studies that have a reasonable likelihood of further clarifying the potential benefits and risks.

While the intent of cardiac CT angiography is to visualize the coronary, aortic, and cardiac structures, there are portions of lungs visible on the scan. Since cardiac CT is primarily obtained with a small field of view (to maximize coronary visualization with highest spatial resolution), some have argued to reconstruct a small-field-of-view series for coronary arteries to maximize spatial resolution and . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Ambarish Gopal, MD; Matthew J. Budoff, MD
mbudoff@labiomed.org
Division of Cardiology
Department of Medicine
Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA
Torrance, California

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