Coronary artery calcification
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Coronary artery calcification is a common incidental finding in asymptomatic patients having CT of the thorax for non-cardiac indications as well as being a significant finding on cardiac CT. Coronary artery calcification is a marker of atherosclerotic plaque and thus coronary artery disease risk. There are a number of scoring systems including 1,2:
- Agatston scoring
- calcium mass score
- overall visual assessment
- segmented vessel-specific scoring
- calcium volume
calciumscore
-<li><a href="/articles/volume-calcium-score">volume calcium score</a></li>- +<li><a title="Calcium volume score" href="/articles/calcium-volume-score">calcium volume score</a></li>