Lung Cancer Detected at Cardiac CT: Prevalence, Clinicoradiologic Features, and Importance of Full–Field-of-View Images

Abstract

The prevalence of lung cancer at cardiac CT was 0.31%; and 68% of these malignancies were at a resectable stage. Use of a limited FOV at cardiac scanning led to a large majority (89% [32 of 36 cancers]) of the lung cancers detected at full thoracic scanning being missed; thus, inclusion of the entire chest at cardiac CT is advisable.