Usefulness of spiral computed tomography (dual-slice mode) for the detection of coronary artery calcium in patients with chronic atypical chest pain, in typical angina pectoris, and in asymptomatic subjects with prominent atherosclerotic risk factors.
The prevalence and extent of coronary calcium were retrospectively assessed by spiral computed tomography in 541 patients (mean age 62 +/- 9 years), of whom 101 had typical angina pectoris, 307 had atypical chest pain, and 133 were asymptomatic subjects with prominent atherosclerotic risk factors. The highest prevalence of coronary calcium was in men with angina pectoris (89%), whereas it was not detected in 48% of men and 56% of women with atypical chest pain.
Shemesh
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Cardiac Rehabilitation Institute, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel. dshemesh@netvision.net.il
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Tenenbaum
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Apter
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Fisman
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Stroh
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Itzchak
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Motro
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D000368:Aged; D000787:Angina Pectoris / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000453:epidemiology; D002637:Chest Pain / Q000209:etiology; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed