[HTML][HTML] Coronary artery calcium score: current status

PO Neves, J Andrade, H Monção - Radiologia brasileira, 2017 - SciELO Brasil
The coronary artery calcium score plays an Important role In cardiovascular risk stratification,
showing a significant association with the medium-or long-term occurrence of major …

SCCT guidelines for the interpretation and reporting of coronary CT angiography: a report of the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography Guidelines …

J Leipsic, S Abbara, S Achenbach… - Journal of …, 2014 - journalofcardiovascularct.com
Since the publication of the first guidelines for the interpretation and reporting of coronary CT
angiography (coronary CTA) in 2009, there have been significant changes in the scope and …

Lipoprotein (a) is associated with the onset but not the progression of aortic valve calcification

Y Kaiser, JE van der Toorn, SS Singh… - European Heart …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Aim Lipoprotein (a)[Lp (a)] is a potential causal factor in the pathogenesis of aortic
valve disease. However, the relationship of Lp (a) with new onset and progression of aortic …

Low radiation dose calcium scoring: evidence and techniques

KB Baron, AD Choi, MY Chen - Current cardiovascular imaging reports, 2016 - Springer
Coronary computed tomography (CT) allows for the acquisition of thin slices of the heart and
coronary arteries, which can be used to detect and quantify coronary artery calcium (CAC), a …

Automatic coronary calcium scoring in non-contrast-enhanced ECG-triggered cardiac CT with ambiguity detection

JM Wolterink, T Leiner, RAP Takx… - IEEE transactions on …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The amount of coronary artery calcification (CAC) is a strong and independent predictor of
cardiovascular events. We present a system that automatically quantifies total patient and …

Evaluation of an AI-based, automatic coronary artery calcium scoring software

M Sandstedt, L Henriksson, M Janzon, G Nyberg… - European …, 2020 - Springer
Objectives To evaluate an artificial intelligence (AI)–based, automatic coronary artery
calcium (CAC) scoring software, using a semi-automatic software as a reference. Methods …

Coronary computed tomography angiography with model-based iterative reconstruction using a radiation exposure similar to chest X-ray examination

TA Fuchs, J Stehli, S Bull, S Dougoud… - European heart …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Aims To evaluate the feasibility and image quality of coronary computed tomography
angiography (CCTA) acquisition with a submillisievert fraction of effective radiation dose …

Coronary artery calcium score predicts major adverse cardiovascular events in stable chest pain

F Biavati, L Saba, M Boussoussou, KF Kofoed… - Radiology, 2024 - pubs.rsna.org
Background Coronary artery calcium (CAC) has prognostic value for major adverse
cardiovascular events (MACE) in asymptomatic individuals, whereas its role in symptomatic …

Calcium scoring using virtual non-contrast images from a dual-layer spectral detector CT: comparison to true non-contrast data and evaluation of proportionality factor …

FG Gassert, CE Schacky, C Müller-Leisse… - European …, 2021 - Springer
Objective Determination of coronary artery calcium scoring (CACS) in non-contrast
computed tomography (CT) images has been shown to be an important prognostic factor in …

Accuracy of coronary CT angiography using a submillisievert fraction of radiation exposure: comparison with invasive coronary angiography

J Stehli, TA Fuchs, S Bull, OF Clerc, M Possner… - Journal of the American …, 2014 - jacc.org
Background: Coronary computed tomography angiography (CTA) is increasingly being used
for evaluation of coronary artery disease (CAD). As a result of the widely reported potential …