Predicting post-lung transplant survival in systemic sclerosis using CT-derived features from preoperative chest CT scans.

Objectives: The current understanding of survival prediction of lung transplant (LTx) patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) is limited. This study aims to identify novel image features from preoperative chest CT scans associated with post-LTx survival in SSc patients and integrate them into comprehensive prediction models.

Materials And Methods: We conducted a retrospective study based on a cohort of SSc patients with demographic information, clinical data, and preoperative chest CT scans who underwent LTx between 2004 and 2020.