Reporting the Presence of Coronary Artery Calcium in the Final Impression of Non-gated CT Chest Scans Increases the Appropriate Utilization of Statins

Background Coronary artery calcium (CAC) scoring based on gated non-contrast cardiac computed tomography (CT) is a validated risk marker of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE). Reporting of CAC on non-gated CT chest (NGCT) scans and the impact on medical therapy is not well studied. Methods A...

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Publicado no:Cureus
Main Authors: Fisher, Raymond, Vandehei, Anthony, Haller, Charles, Boster, Joshua, Shipley, Brian, Kaatz, Christopher, Harris, Jaclyn, Shin, Satoshi R, Townsend, Lisa, Rouse, Jessica, Davis, Sarah, Aden, James, Thomas, Dustin
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado em: Cureus 2020
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Cardiology
Acesso em linha:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7580491/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33110715
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.10579
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