Author/Authors :
Knez، نويسنده , , Andreas and Becker، نويسنده , , Alexander and Leber، نويسنده , , Alexander and White، نويسنده , , Carl and Becker، نويسنده , , Christoph R. and Reiser، نويسنده , , Maximilian F. and Steinbeck، نويسنده , , Gerhard and Boekstegers، نويسنده , , Peter، نويسنده ,
Abstract :
This angiographically correlated study reports on, for the first time, age- and gender-based distribution of the volumetric calcium score in a large group of patients with suspected coronary artery disease. Volumetric calcium data predicted significant coronary artery disease (≥50% lumen diameter stenosis) as well as the traditional Agatston score. Exclusion of any calcium was highly accurate in ruling out obstructive disease in symptomatic subjects ≥50 years of age.
