Diagnostic performance of coronary CT angiography for stenosis detection according to calcium score: systematic review and meta-analysis

MAM den Dekker, K de Smet, GH de Bock, RA Tio… - European …, 2012 - Springer
Objectives A systematic review and meta-analysis to assess sensitivity and specificity of
coronary CT angiography (CCTA) for significant stenosis at different degrees of coronary …

Coronary artery stenoses: accuracy of 64–detector row CT angiography in segments with mild, moderate, or severe calcification—a subanalysis of the CORE-64 trial

AL Vavere, A Arbab-Zadeh, CE Rochitte, M Dewey… - Radiology, 2011 - pubs.rsna.org
Purpose To evaluate the influence of cross-sectional arc calcification on the diagnostic
accuracy of computed tomography (CT) angiography compared with conventional coronary …

The accuracy of coronary CT angiography in patients with coronary calcium score above 1000 Agatston Units: Comparison with quantitative coronary angiography

AC Kwan, H Gransar, E Tzolos, B Chen, Y Otaki… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background High amounts of coronary artery calcium (CAC) pose challenges in
interpretation of coronary CT angiography (CCTA). The accuracy of stenosis assessment by …

Diagnostic accuracy of computed tomography coronary angiography according to pre-test probability of coronary artery disease and severity of coronary arterial …

A Arbab-Zadeh, JM Miller, CE Rochitte… - Journal of the American …, 2012 - jacc.org
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of patient population
characteristics on accuracy by computed tomography angiography (CTA) to detect …

Is there a role for CT coronary angiography in patients with symptomatic angina? Effect of coronary calcium score on identification of stenosis

MFL Meijs, WB Meijboom, M Prokop, NR Mollet… - The international journal …, 2009 - Springer
Present guidelines discourage the use of CT coronary angiography (CTCA) in symptomatic
angina patients. We examined the relation between coronary calcium score (CS) and the …

Influence of the coronary calcium score on the ability to rule out coronary artery stenoses by coronary CT angiography in patients with suspected coronary artery …

A Schuhbaeck, J Schmid, T Zimmer, G Muschiol… - Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Background Recent guidelines for the workup of patients with chest pain and suspected
coronary artery disease include coronary computed tomography angiography (CTA) …

Subtraction CT angiography improves evaluation of significant coronary artery disease in patients with severe calcifications or stents—the C-Sub 320 multicenter trial

A Fuchs, JT Kühl, MY Chen, D Viladés Medel… - European …, 2018 - Springer
Objectives Diagnostic accuracy of conventional coronary CT angiography (CCTA conv) may
be compromised by blooming artifacts from calcifications or stents. Blooming artifacts may …

The effect of calcium score on the diagnostic accuracy of coronary computed tomography angiography

CC Chen, CC Chen, IC Hsieh, YC Liu, CY Liu… - The international journal …, 2011 - Springer
The influence of coronary calcification on the diagnostic performance of coronary computed
tomography angiography (CTA) remains controversial. This study attempts to assess the …

Impact of coronary artery calcium characteristics on accuracy of CT angiography

M Kruk, D Noll, S Achenbach, GS Mintz… - JACC: Cardiovascular …, 2014 - jacc.org
Objectives: This study sought to evaluate which specific calcium characteristics impact
diagnostic accuracy of coronary computed tomography angiography (CTA). Background …

Accuracy of coronary artery stenosis detection with CT versus conventional coronary angiography compared with composite findings from both tests as an enhanced …

JM Kerl, UJ Schoepf, PL Zwerner, RW Bauer… - European …, 2011 - Springer
Objective To prospectively compare the accuracy of coronary CT angiography (CCTA) and
conventional coronary angiography (CCA) for stenosis detection using composite findings …