Quantitative chest computed tomography as a means of predicting exercise performance in severe emphysema

Academic Radiology
R S CrausmanJ D Newell

Abstract

We assessed the value of quantitative high-resolution computed tomography (CT) as a diagnostic and prognostic tool in smoking-related emphysema. We performed an inception cohort study of 14 patients referred with emphysema. The diagnosis of emphysema was based on a compatible history, physical examination, chest radiograph, CT scan of the lung, and pulmonary physiologic evaluation. As a group, those who underwent exercise testing were hyperinflated (percentage predicted total lung capacity +/- standard error of the mean = 133 +/- 9%), and there was evidence of air trapping (percentage predicted respiratory volume = 318 +/- 31%) and airflow limitation (forced expiratory volume in 1 sec [FEV1] = 40 +/- 7%). The exercise performance of the group was severely limited (maximum achievable workload = 43 +/- 6%) and was characterized by prominent ventilatory, gas exchange, and pulmonary vascular abnormalities. The quantitative CT index was markedly elevated in all patients (76 +/- 9; n = 14; normal < 4). There were correlations between this quantitative CT index and measures of airflow limitation (FEV1 r2 = .34, p = 09; FEV1/forced vital capacity r2 = .46, p = .04) and between maximum workload achieved (r2 = .93, p = .0001) and maximum...Continue Reading

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