The prognostic value of CAC zero among individuals presenting with chest pain: a meta-analysis

AM Agha, J Pacor, GR Grandhi, R Mszar, SU Khan… - Cardiovascular …, 2022 - jacc.org
Background There is little consensus on whether absence of coronary artery calcium (CAC)
can identify patients with chest pain (CP) who can safely avoid additional downstream …

Association of age with the diagnostic value of coronary artery calcium score for ruling out coronary stenosis in symptomatic patients

MB Mortensen, S Gaur, A Frimmer, HE Bøtker… - JAMA …, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Importance The diagnostic value is unclear of a 0 coronary artery calcium (CAC) score to
rule out obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD) and near-term clinical events across …

Coronary calcium: new insights, recent data, and clinical role

G Youssef, N Kalia, S Darabian, MJ Budoff - Current cardiology reports, 2013 - Springer
Calcium artery calcium (CAC) scoring has become an integral part in the era of preventive
cardiology, it has been extensively studied and been validated as a powerful tool for …

Prognostic value of coronary artery calcium score in symptomatic individuals: a meta-analysis of 34,000 subjects

MS Lo-Kioeng-Shioe, D Rijlaarsdam-Hermsen… - International journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Coronary artery calcium (CAC) scanning has evolved into an important
subclinical prediction method for cardiovascular diseases in asymptomatic subjects …

Non-invasive imaging in coronary syndromes: recommendations of the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging and the American Society of …

T Edvardsen, FM Asch, B Davidson… - European Heart …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Coronary artery disease (CAD) is one of the major causes of mortality and morbidity
worldwide, with a high socioeconomic impact. 1 Non-invasive imaging modalities play a …

The coronary calcium score is a more accurate predictor of significant coronary stenosis than conventional risk factors in symptomatic patients: Euro-CCAD study

R Nicoll, U Wiklund, Y Zhao, A Diederichsen… - International Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Aims In this retrospective study we assessed the predictive value of the coronary calcium
score for significant (> 50%) stenosis relative to conventional risk factors. Methods and …

A zero coronary artery calcium score in patients with stable chest pain is associated with a good prognosis, despite risk of non-calcified plaques

X Wang, EPV Le, NK Rajani, NJ Hudson-Peacock… - Open …, 2019 - openheart.bmj.com
Objectives To estimate the prevalence of non-calcified coronary artery disease (CAD) in
patients with suspected stable angina and a zero coronary artery calcification (CAC) score …

Sex differences in impact of coronary artery calcification to predict coronary artery disease

YM Nakao, Y Miyamoto, M Higashi, T Noguchi… - Heart, 2018 - heart.bmj.com
Objective To assess sex-specific differences regarding use of conventional risks and
coronary artery calcification (CAC) to detect coronary artery disease (CAD) using coronary …

Natural course of coronary artery calcium progression in Asian population with an initial score of zero

YW Shen, YJ Wu, YC Hung, CC Hsiao… - BMC Cardiovascular …, 2020 - Springer
Background We aimed to investigate the natural course of coronary artery calcium
progression in an Asian population with a baseline coronary artery calcium (CAC) score of …

[HTML][HTML] Age and the power of zero CAC in cardiac risk assessment: overview of the literature and a cautionary case

JP Sheppard, S Lakshmanan… - The British journal of …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The coronary artery calcium (CAC) score is a marker of advanced coronary atherosclerosis.
Numerous prospective cohorts have validated CAC as an independent marker that improves …