Low Radiation Dose Calcium Scoring: Evidence and Techniques

Coronary computed tomography (CT) allows for the acquisition of thin slices of the heart and coronary arteries, which can be used to detect and quantify coronary artery calcium (CAC), a marker of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. Despite the proven clinical value in cardiac risk prognosticatio...

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Autores principales: Baron, Kaitlin B., Choi, Andrew D., Chen, Marcus Y.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer US 2016
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Cardiac Computed Tomography (TC Villines, Section Editor)
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4789203/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27057268
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12410-016-9373-1
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description Coronary computed tomography (CT) allows for the acquisition of thin slices of the heart and coronary arteries, which can be used to detect and quantify coronary artery calcium (CAC), a marker of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. Despite the proven clinical value in cardiac risk prognostication, there remain concerns regarding radiation exposure from CAC CT scans. There have been several recent technical advancements that allow for significant radiation dose reduction in CAC scoring. This paper reviews the clinical utility and recent literature in low radiation dose CAC scoring.
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spelling pubmed-47892032016-04-05 Low Radiation Dose Calcium Scoring: Evidence and Techniques Baron, Kaitlin B. Choi, Andrew D. Chen, Marcus Y. Curr Cardiovasc Imaging Rep Cardiac Computed Tomography (TC Villines, Section Editor) Coronary computed tomography (CT) allows for the acquisition of thin slices of the heart and coronary arteries, which can be used to detect and quantify coronary artery calcium (CAC), a marker of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. Despite the proven clinical value in cardiac risk prognostication, there remain concerns regarding radiation exposure from CAC CT scans. There have been several recent technical advancements that allow for significant radiation dose reduction in CAC scoring. This paper reviews the clinical utility and recent literature in low radiation dose CAC scoring. Springer US 2016-03-02 2016 /pmc/articles/PMC4789203/ /pubmed/27057268 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12410-016-9373-1 Text en © The Author(s) 2016 Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.
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Low Radiation Dose Calcium Scoring: Evidence and Techniques
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title_fullStr Low Radiation Dose Calcium Scoring: Evidence and Techniques
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title_short Low Radiation Dose Calcium Scoring: Evidence and Techniques
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topic Cardiac Computed Tomography (TC Villines, Section Editor)
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4789203/
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