Coronary calcium screening ct

1 paper2 findings

1 lab in 1 country

Funders: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and 1 more

Humans1

Outcomes

2

Mortality

downin silico1

1 study

Coronary calcium screening ct decreases mortality in silico (339 deaths averted per 100,000 screened (95% UI, 190-417)).
“estimated to avert 339 deaths (95% uncertainty interval, 190-417) per 100,000 screened”
In silico
Coronary Calcium Screening and Incidental Lung Cancer Detection in Patients Ineligible for US Preventive Services Task Force Screening
Journal of the American College of Surgeons7 Aug 2026

Pulmonary nodule detection

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1 study

Coronary calcium screening ct increases pulmonary nodule detection in humans (11.7%).
“Actionable pulmonary nodules were identified in 1,136 patients (11.7%)”
Humans
Coronary Calcium Screening and Incidental Lung Cancer Detection in Patients Ineligible for US Preventive Services Task Force Screening
Journal of the American College of Surgeons7 Aug 2026

Latest

1 in 12 months

Journal of the American College of Surgeons7 Aug

Coronary Calcium Screening and Incidental Lung Cancer Detection in Patients Ineligible for US Preventive Services Task Force Screening

Cohort study of 9,702 peopleLung cancer

Lung cancer1