Zhu, Yeqing
Wang, Yong
Gioia, William E.
Yip, Rowena
Jirapatnakul, Artit C.
Chung, Michael S.
Yankelevitz, David F.
Henschke, Claudia I. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6085-5305
Funding for this research was provided by:
Flight Attendant Medical Research Institute
China Scholarship Council (N/A)
Article History
Received: 5 August 2019
Revised: 18 November 2019
Accepted: 9 December 2019
First Online: 10 February 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The scientific guarantor of this publication is Dr. Claudia Henschke.
: The authors of this manuscript declare relationships with the following companies:Dr. Yankelevitz is a named inventor on a number of patents and patent applications relating to the evaluation of diseases of the chest including measurement of nodules. Some of these, which are owned by Cornell Research Foundation (CRF), are non-exclusively licensed to General Electric. As an inventor of these patents, Dr. Yankelevitz is entitled to a share of any compensation which CRF may receive from its commercialization of these patents. He is also an equity owner in Accumetra, a privately held technology company committed to improving the science and practice of image-based decision making. Dr. Yankelevitz also serves on the advisory board of GRAIL.Dr. Henschke is the President and serves on the board of the Early Diagnosis and Treatment Research Foundation. She receives no compensation from the Foundation. The Foundation is established to provide grants for projects, conferences, and public databases for research on early diagnosis and treatment of diseases. Dr. Claudia Henschke is also a named inventor on a number of patents and patent applications relating to the evaluation of pulmonary nodules on CT scans of the chest which are owned by Cornell Research Foundation (CRF). Since 2009, Dr. Henschke does not accept any financial benefit from these patents including royalties and any other proceeds related to the patents or patent applications owned by CRF.The other authors of this manuscript declare no relationships with any companies, whose products or services may be related to the subject matter of the article.
: Two of the authors have significant statistical expertise (Claudia Henschke and Rowena Yip).
: Written informed consent was obtained from all subjects (patients) in this study.
: Institutional review board approval was obtained.
: Some study subjects have been previously reported for lung findings, but results of aortic valve calcification have never been reported.
: • Retrospective• Observational• Performed at one institution