Coronary Artery Calcium Testing in Symptomatic Patients: An Issue of Diagnostic Efficiency

The detection and quantification of coronary artery calcification (CAC) significantly improves cardiovascular risk prediction in asymptomatic patients. Many have advocated for expanded CAC testing in symptomatic patients based on data demonstrating that the absence of quantifiable CAC in patients wi...

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Autores principales: McBride, Chad B., Cheezum, Michael K., Gore, Rosco S., Pathirana, Induruwa N., Slim, Ahmad M., Villines, Todd C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Current Science Inc. 2013
Materias:
Cardiac Computed Tomography (TC Villines and S Achenbach, Section Editors)
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3683145/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23795234
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12410-013-9198-0

Internet

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3683145/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23795234
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12410-013-9198-0

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