Coronary Artery Calcium Testing in Symptomatic Patients: An Issue of Diagnostic Efficiency

Current Cardiovascular Imaging Reports

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 211-220

  McBride, Chad B ^a   Cheezum, Michael K ^a   Gore, Rosco S ^a   Pathirana, Induruwa N ^a   Slim, Ahmad M ^b   Villines, Todd C ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SAN ANTONIO MILITARY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac computed tomography; Cardiovascular risk; Chest pain; Coronary artery calcification; Coronary artery disease; Coronary calcium; Coronary computed tomography angiography; Coronary heart disease; Guidelines; Stress testing

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM SCORE; COST; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84877063392     PISSN: 19419066     EISSN: 19419074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12410-013-9198-0     Document Type: Review

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