What is the role of calcium scoring in the age of coronary computed tomographic angiography?

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1226-1235

  Joshi, Parag H ^a   Blaha, Michael J ^a   Blumenthal, Roger S ^a   Blankstein, Ron ^b   Nasir, Khurram ^a,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MIAMI CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

atherosclerosis; Computed tomography (CT); diagnostic and prognostic application

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE DISEASE; ALGORITHM; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM SCORE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEART INFARCTION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; THORAX PAIN; CALCINOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

CALCIUM;

CALCINOSIS; CALCIUM; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84878777770     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: 15326551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12350-012-9626-6     Document Type: Article

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