Deriving coronary artery calcium scores from CT coronary angiography: A proposed algorithm for evaluating stable chest pain

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1135-1143

  Pavitt, Christopher W ^a   Harron, Katie ^b   Lindsay, Alistair C ^a   Ray, Robin ^a   Zielke, Sayeh ^a   Gordon, Daniel ^c   Rubens, Michael B ^a   Padley, Simon P ^a,d   Nicol, Edward D ^a,d  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiac CT; Cardiac imaging; Cardiovascular risk; Coronary artery calcium score; CT coronary angiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVERSION FACTOR; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM SCORE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; LEFT MAIN STEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN CONTRAST DENSITY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX PAIN; ALGORITHM; ANGINA, STABLE; BLOOD VESSEL CALCIFICATION; COMPLICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; ANGINA, STABLE; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE; VASCULAR CALCIFICATION;

EID: 84904554864     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: 15730743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-014-0439-3     Document Type: Article

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