Abstract
Current guidelines and literature on screening for coronary artery calcium for cardiac risk assessment are reviewed for both general and special populations. It is shown that for both general and special populations a zero score excludes most clinically relevant coronary artery disease. The importance of standardization of coronary artery calcium measurements by multidetector CT is discussed.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 2785-2807 |
Number of pages | 23 |
Journal | European radiology |
Volume | 18 |
Issue number | 12 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2008 |
Keywords
- Coronary artery CT
- Coronary artery atherosclerosis
- Coronary artery calcium
- Coronary risk assessment
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging