Clinical Impact of Reporting Coronary Artery Calcium Scores of Non-Gated Chest Computed Tomography on Statin Management

Introduction Coronary artery calcium (CAC) scoring is used as a screening tool for patients with intermediate 10-year arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) risk. Results obtained on non-contrast non-gated chest CT (ngCCT) correlate well to those obtained on gated CTs. This paper aims to de...

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Autores principales: Douthit, Nathan T, Wyatt, Nicole, Schwartz, Brandon
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
Materias:
Cardiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8177029/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34113495
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.14856

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8177029/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34113495
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.14856

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