title: [Coronary computed tomography: current role and future perspectives for cardiovascular risk stratification].
abstract: Atherosclerotic coronary artery disease (CAD) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality. The majority of cardiovascular events, more than 50% of CAD deaths, occur in previously asymptomatic individuals at intermediate cardiovascular risk, highlighting the relevance of accurate individual risk assessment to decrease cardiovascular events through more appropriate targeting of preventive measures. In the last decades, the development of non-invasive imaging techniques have prompted interest in imaging of atherosclerosis. Coronary computed tomography provides the opportunity to assess the deposition of calcium in the coronary tree and to non-invasively image coronary vessels. Both information are useful for risk stratification of asymptomatic subjects or of subjects with suspected CAD.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica, Scienze Cardiovascolari ed Immunologiche, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy.
authors.forename: Francesca
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Musella
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Formisano
authors.forename: Giacomo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mattiello
authors.forename: Elisabetta
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Iardino
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Petraglia
authors.forename: Alice
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vitagliano
authors.forename: Irma
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Fabiani
authors.forename: Anna Paola
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Cirillo
authors.forename: Marta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Petito
authors.forename: Pasquale
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Perrone-Filardi
mesh_terms: D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D018570:Risk Assessment; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D002118:Calcium