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Evaluation of Coronary Artery Calcification by Multi-detector Row Computed Tomography for the Detection of Coronary Artery Stenosis in Japanese Patients

BACKGROUND: The development of an efficient noninvasive examination to detect coronary atherosclerosis is needed as a strategy to prevent coronary heart disease. To evaluate the usefulness of calcium score measured by multi-detector row computed tomography (MDCT), we compared calcium score derived f...

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Autores principales: Kitamura, Akihiko, Kobayashi, Tohru, Ueda, Kouki, Okada, Takeo, Awata, Nobuhisa, Sato, Shinichi, Shimamoto, Takashi
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Publicado: Japan Epidemiological Association 2005
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7904308/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16195639
http://dx.doi.org/10.2188/jea.15.187
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author Kitamura, Akihiko
Kobayashi, Tohru
Ueda, Kouki
Okada, Takeo
Awata, Nobuhisa
Sato, Shinichi
Shimamoto, Takashi
author_facet Kitamura, Akihiko
Kobayashi, Tohru
Ueda, Kouki
Okada, Takeo
Awata, Nobuhisa
Sato, Shinichi
Shimamoto, Takashi
author_sort Kitamura, Akihiko
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description BACKGROUND: The development of an efficient noninvasive examination to detect coronary atherosclerosis is needed as a strategy to prevent coronary heart disease. To evaluate the usefulness of calcium score measured by multi-detector row computed tomography (MDCT), we compared calcium score derived from MDCT with findings of coronary artery stenosis assessed by coronary angiography (CAG). METHODS: In 108 patients (94 men, 14 women; average age, 65.7 years), we performed unenhanced CT scans and calculated coronary artery calcium score in 259 vessels without previous intervention and severe motion artifact to determine the correlation with the degree of coronary stenosis by CAG. RESULTS: The sensitivity and the specificity of calcification (calcium score 0.1+) for severe stenosis (75+%) were 89% and 43%, respectively. All four vessels with calcium score 1000+ had a severe stenosis. The areas under the receiver operating characteristics curve of calcium score for severe stenosis were 0.80 ± 0.04, indicating the efficacy of this technique. CONCLUSIONS: Coronary artery calcification and calcium score determined by MDCT were associated with coronary arteries with severe stenosis. This technique appears to be useful for the evaluation of coronary atherosclerosis.
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spelling pubmed-79043082021-03-03 Evaluation of Coronary Artery Calcification by Multi-detector Row Computed Tomography for the Detection of Coronary Artery Stenosis in Japanese Patients Kitamura, Akihiko Kobayashi, Tohru Ueda, Kouki Okada, Takeo Awata, Nobuhisa Sato, Shinichi Shimamoto, Takashi J Epidemiol Original Article BACKGROUND: The development of an efficient noninvasive examination to detect coronary atherosclerosis is needed as a strategy to prevent coronary heart disease. To evaluate the usefulness of calcium score measured by multi-detector row computed tomography (MDCT), we compared calcium score derived from MDCT with findings of coronary artery stenosis assessed by coronary angiography (CAG). METHODS: In 108 patients (94 men, 14 women; average age, 65.7 years), we performed unenhanced CT scans and calculated coronary artery calcium score in 259 vessels without previous intervention and severe motion artifact to determine the correlation with the degree of coronary stenosis by CAG. RESULTS: The sensitivity and the specificity of calcification (calcium score 0.1+) for severe stenosis (75+%) were 89% and 43%, respectively. All four vessels with calcium score 1000+ had a severe stenosis. The areas under the receiver operating characteristics curve of calcium score for severe stenosis were 0.80 ± 0.04, indicating the efficacy of this technique. CONCLUSIONS: Coronary artery calcification and calcium score determined by MDCT were associated with coronary arteries with severe stenosis. This technique appears to be useful for the evaluation of coronary atherosclerosis. Japan Epidemiological Association 2005-09-27 /pmc/articles/PMC7904308/ /pubmed/16195639 http://dx.doi.org/10.2188/jea.15.187 Text en © 2005 Japan Epidemiological Association. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
spellingShingle Original Article
Kitamura, Akihiko
Kobayashi, Tohru
Ueda, Kouki
Okada, Takeo
Awata, Nobuhisa
Sato, Shinichi
Shimamoto, Takashi
Evaluation of Coronary Artery Calcification by Multi-detector Row Computed Tomography for the Detection of Coronary Artery Stenosis in Japanese Patients
title Evaluation of Coronary Artery Calcification by Multi-detector Row Computed Tomography for the Detection of Coronary Artery Stenosis in Japanese Patients
title_full Evaluation of Coronary Artery Calcification by Multi-detector Row Computed Tomography for the Detection of Coronary Artery Stenosis in Japanese Patients
title_fullStr Evaluation of Coronary Artery Calcification by Multi-detector Row Computed Tomography for the Detection of Coronary Artery Stenosis in Japanese Patients
title_full_unstemmed Evaluation of Coronary Artery Calcification by Multi-detector Row Computed Tomography for the Detection of Coronary Artery Stenosis in Japanese Patients
title_short Evaluation of Coronary Artery Calcification by Multi-detector Row Computed Tomography for the Detection of Coronary Artery Stenosis in Japanese Patients
title_sort evaluation of coronary artery calcification by multi-detector row computed tomography for the detection of coronary artery stenosis in japanese patients
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7904308/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16195639
http://dx.doi.org/10.2188/jea.15.187
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