When Do We Really Need Coronary Calcium Scoring Prior to Contrast-Enhanced Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography? Analysis by Age, Gender and Coronary Risk Factors

AIMS: To investigate the value of coronary calcium scoring (CCS) as a filter scan prior to coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA). METHODS AND RESULTS: Between February 2008 and April 2011, 732 consecutive patients underwent clinically indicated CCTA. During this ‘control phase’, CCS was pe...

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Autori principali: Gitsioudis, Gitsios, Hosch, Waldemar, Iwan, Johannes, Voss, Andreas, Atsiatorme, Edem, Hofmann, Nina P., Buss, Sebastian J., Siebert, Stefan, Kauczor, Hans-Ulrich, Giannitsis, Evangelos, Katus, Hugo A., Korosoglou, Grigorios
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Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: Public Library of Science 2014
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Accesso online:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3979653/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24714677
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0092396
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