title: Impact of coronary calcium score on diagnostic accuracy for the detection of significant coronary stenosis with multislice computed tomography angiography.
abstract: One hundred twenty patients in sinus rhythm with suspected coronary artery disease who underwent multislice computed tomography of the heart and conventional coronary angiography were retrospectively selected. The population was divided into 2 groups depending on their calcium score (CS) (e.g., low CS and high CS). The diagnostic accuracy of multislice computed tomographic scans for detecting significant lesions (>50% lumen reduction) in both groups was compared with quantitative coronary angiography. The sensitivity and specificity of multislice computed tomography were 90% and 92%, and 97% and 91% for low and high CS groups, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. filippocademartiri@hotmail.com <filippocademartiri@hotmail.com>
authors.forename: Filippo
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cademartiri
authors.forename: Nico R
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: Mollet
authors.forename: Pedro A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Lemos
authors.forename: Franceso
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Saia
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Runza
authors.forename: Massimo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Midiri
authors.forename: Gabriel P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Krestin
authors.forename: Pim J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: de Feyter
mesh_terms: D002114:Calcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D017023:Coronary Angiography / Q000379:methods; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*