The prognostic value of CAC zero among individuals presenting with chest pain: a meta-analysis

AM Agha, J Pacor, GR Grandhi, R Mszar, SU Khan… - Cardiovascular …, 2022 - jacc.org
Background There is little consensus on whether absence of coronary artery calcium (CAC)
can identify patients with chest pain (CP) who can safely avoid additional downstream …

2012 ACCF/AHA/ACP/AATS/PCNA/SCAI/STS guideline for the diagnosis and management of patients with stable ischemic heart disease: a report of the American …

SD Fihn, JM Gardin, J Abrams, K Berra… - Journal of the American …, 2012 - jacc.org
The recommendations listed in this document are, whenever possible, evidence based. An
extensive evidence review was conducted as the document was compiled through …

Prevalence and severity of coronary artery disease and adverse events among symptomatic patients with coronary artery calcification scores of zero undergoing …

TC Villines, EA Hulten, LJ Shaw, M Goyal… - Journal of the American …, 2011 - jacc.org
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to describe the prevalence and severity of
coronary artery disease (CAD) in relation to prognosis in symptomatic patients without …

Arterial calcification: friend or foe?

R Nicoll, MY Henein - International journal of cardiology, 2013 - Elsevier
There is a significant relationship between the presence, extent and progression of coronary
artery calcification (CAC) and cardiovascular (CV) events and mortality in both CV and renal …

Prospective validation of standardized, 3-dimensional, quantitative coronary computed tomographic plaque measurements using radiofrequency backscatter …

S Voros, S Rinehart, Z Qian, G Vazquez… - JACC: Cardiovascular …, 2011 - jacc.org
Objectives: This study sought to determine the accuracy of 3-dimensional, quantitative
measurements of coronary plaque by computed tomography angiography (CTA) against …

Incremental prognostic value of multi-slice computed tomography coronary angiography over coronary artery calcium scoring in patients with suspected coronary …

JM van Werkhoven, JD Schuijf… - European heart …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Aims The purpose of this study was to assess the relationship between calcium scoring (CS)
and multi-slice computed tomography coronary angiography (MSCTA) and to determine if …

Assessment of Agatston coronary artery calcium score using contrast-enhanced CT coronary angiography

N van der Bijl, RMS Joemai, J Geleijns… - American journal of …, 2010 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this article is to evaluate to what extent Agatston scores may be
derived from CT coronary angiography (CTA) examinations, compared with traditional …

Quantitative measurements of coronary arterial stenosis, plaque geometry, and composition are highly reproducible with a standardized coronary arterial computed …

S Rinehart, G Vazquez, Z Qian, L Murrieta… - Journal of …, 2011 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Computed tomographic (CT) coronary angiography provides a noninvasive
method for coronary plaque detection and quantification, but data are limited on …

Non-invasive imaging in coronary syndromes: recommendations of the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging and the American Society of …

T Edvardsen, FM Asch, B Davidson… - European Heart …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Coronary artery disease (CAD) is one of the major causes of mortality and morbidity
worldwide, with a high socioeconomic impact. 1 Non-invasive imaging modalities play a …

Diagnosis of stable ischemic heart disease: summary of a clinical practice guideline from the American college of physicians/american college of cardiology …

A Qaseem, SD Fihn, S Williams, P Dallas… - Annals of internal …, 2012 - acpjournals.org
Description: The American College of Physicians (ACP) developed this guideline in
collaboration with the American College of Cardiology Foundation (ACCF), American Heart …