Published December 2008 | Version v1
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Coronary artery calcium screening: current status and recommendations from the European Society of Cardiac Radiology and North American Society for Cardiovascular Imaging

Creators

  • 1. Groningen University Hospital, Department of Radiology, Groningen (Netherlands)
  • 2. Emory University, Department of Cardiology, Atlanta, GA (United States)
  • 3. Emory University, Department of Radiology, Atlanta, GA (United States)
  • 4. Imaging Institute, Cardiovascular Imaging Lab, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH (United States)
  • 5. Institute of Medical Physics at the Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuernberg, Nuernberg (Germany)
  • 6. University Duisburg-Essen, West German Heart Center Essen, Essen (Germany)
  • 7. Mayo Clinic, Department of Radiology, Rochester, MN (United States)
  • 8. University of Iowa, Department of Radiology, Iowa City, IA (United States)
  • 9. Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Division of Cardiology, Washington, DC (United States)
  • 10. Stanford University School of Medicine, Department of Radiology, Stanford, CA (United States)

Description

Current guidelines and literature on screening for coronary artery calcium for cardiac risk assessment are reviewed for both general and special populations. It is shown that for both general and special populations a zero score excludes most clinically relevant coronary artery disease. The importance of standardization of coronary artery calcium measurements by multidetector CT is discussed. (orig.)

Availability note (English)

Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00330-008-1095-6

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1007/s00330-008-1095-6;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
European Radiology
Journal Volume
18
Journal Issue
12
Journal Page Range
p. 2785-2807
ISSN
0938-7994
CODEN
EURAE3

INIS

Country of Publication
Germany
Country of Input or Organization
Germany
INIS RN
40000310
Subject category
S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
Descriptors DEI
CALCIUM; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARIES; EUROPE; MEETINGS; NORTH AMERICA; SCREENING; VASCULAR DISEASES
Descriptors DEC
ALKALINE EARTH METALS; ARTERIES; BLOOD VESSELS; BODY; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; DISEASES; ELEMENTS; METALS; ORGANS; TOMOGRAPHY