Estimation of cardiovascular risk on routine chest CT: Ordinal coronary artery calcium scoring as an accurate predictor of Agatston score ranges

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 8-15

  Azour, Lea ^a   Kadoch, Michael A ^b   Ward, Thomas J ^c   Eber, Corey D ^a   Jacobi, Adam H ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Radiology Specialists of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Agatston; Cardiovascular risk; Coronary artery calcium; Ordinal scoring; Routine chest CT; Visual assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGATSTON SCORE; ARTICLE; CARDIAC GATED IMAGING; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMMUNITY LIVING; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM SCORE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGIST; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; INCIDENTAL FINDING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VASCULAR CALCIFICATION;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIAC-GATED IMAGING TECHNIQUES; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VASCULAR CALCIFICATION;

EID: 85002489644     PISSN: 19345925     EISSN: 1876861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcct.2016.10.001     Document Type: Article

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