Although traditional cardiovascular risk factors are associated with the presence of any or
calcified coronary plaque [1, 2], little is known about the relationship between cardiovascular …

Background Computed tomographic coronary angiography has been recognized as a
reliable imaging modality with excellent negative predictive value and a good negative …

Background: Coronary artery calcification (CAC) is a specific indicator of and a sensitive
marker for the atherosclerotic disease process. However, calcium scoring may miss …

There is controversy about whether symptomatic population with coronary artery calcium
score (CACS) of zero have coronary artery disease (CAD) and the distribution at different …

Objective We sought to identify the predictors of non-calcified plaque (NCP) burden in
patients with low coronary artery calcium (CAC) scores of 1–100. Methods We studied 920 …

Methods: We included consecutive patients who underwent coronary CTA and had zero
CACS in our retrospective analysis. We used multivariate logistic regression analysis to …

Methods: Prospective descriptive study of 245 selected patients, who had a zero coronary
calcium score (Age range of 30 to 66 years, Median= 44.8) and underwent CT coronary …

Background: In view of the high mortality for cardiovascular diseases, it has become
necessary to stratify the main risk factors and to choose the correct diagnostic modality …

We aimed to investigate the prevalence and severity of noncalcified coronary plaques (NCP)
using coronary CT angiography (CCTA) and analyze predictors of significant coronary …

Introduction Cardiac computed tomography (CT) use has progressively increased as the
preferred initial test to rule out coronary artery disease (CAD) when clinical likelihood is low …