title: Relation of coronary calcium scores by electron beam tomography to obstructive disease in 2,115 symptomatic patients.
abstract: This angiographically correlated study reports on, for the first time, age- and gender-based distribution of the volumetric calcium score in a large group of patients with suspected coronary artery disease. Volumetric calcium data predicted significant coronary artery disease (>/=50% lumen diameter stenosis) as well as the traditional Agatston score. Exclusion of any calcium was highly accurate in ruling out obstructive disease in symptomatic subjects >/=50 years of age.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, University of Munich, Munich, Germany. knez@med1.med-muenchen.de
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Knez
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Becker
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Leber
authors.forename: Carl
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: White
authors.forename: Christoph R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Becker
authors.forename: Maximilian F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Reiser
authors.forename: Gerhard
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Steinbeck
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Boekstegers
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000378:metabolism; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000378:metabolism*; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008910:Minnesota; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012737:Sex Factors; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D002118:Calcium