Relation of coronary calcium scores by electron beam tomography to obstructive disease in 2,115 symptomatic patients.
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.
Knez
Andreas
A
Department of Cardiology, University of Munich, Munich, Germany. knez@med1.med-muenchen.de
Becker
Alexander
A
Leber
Alexander
A
White
Carl
C
Becker
Christoph R
CR
Reiser
Maximilian F
MF
Steinbeck
Gerhard
G
Boekstegers
Peter
P
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
D002118:Calcium