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An unusual case of false-positive coronary artery calcium score
False-negative results of coronary artery calcium score (CACS) are common due to small calcified lesions being missed using a 3-mm slice thickness, a threshold of 130 Hounsfield units (HU) and a minimum area of 1 mm(2) for defining a calcified plaque. In contrast, false-positive results of CACS, as...
Autores principales: | Brinkert, Miriam, Rodrigues, Patricia, Rubens, Michael, Nicol, Edward |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4836602/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27099772 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/omcr/omw021 |
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