title: The use of CTA in primary prevention patients is more controversial, because the Bayes theorem becomes important in considering diagnostic test interpretation in populations with a low prevalence of disease. Foreword.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco Medical Center, San Francisco, CA 94143-0124, USA. crawfordm@medicine.ucsf.edu
authors.forename: Michael H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Crawford
mesh_terms: D001499:Bayes Theorem; D017023:Coronary Angiography / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D011159:Population Surveillance; D015995:Prevalence; D011322:Primary Prevention / Q000379:methods*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology