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 in cardiac CT. Coronary artery calcification is a marker of atherosclerotic plaque burden and thus coronary artery disease risk. There are a number of scoring systems including 1,2-3:
-<p><strong>Coronary artery calcification</strong> 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. <a href="/articles/coronary-arteries">Coronary artery</a> calcification is a marker of atherosclerotic plaque and thus <a href="/articles/coronary-artery-disease">coronary artery disease</a> risk. There are a number of scoring systems including <sup>1,2</sup>:</p><ul>-<li><a href="/articles/agatston-score">Agatston scoring</a></li>-<li><a href="/articles/calcium-volume-score">calcium volume score</a></li>-<li><a title="Calcium density score" href="/articles/calcium-density-score">calcium density score</a></li>-<li><a href="/articles/overall-visual-assessment-of-coronary-artery-calcification">overall visual assessment</a></li>-<li>segmented vessel-specific scoring</li>-<li><a href="/articles/calcium-mass-score">calcium mass score</a></li>- +<p><strong>Coronary artery calcification</strong> is a common incidental finding in asymptomatic patients having CT of the thorax for non-cardiac indications as well as being a significant finding in <a href="/articles/cardiac-ct-1" title="Cardiac CT">cardiac CT</a>. Coronary artery calcification is a marker of atherosclerotic plaque burden and thus <a href="/articles/coronary-artery-disease">coronary artery disease</a> risk. There are a number of scoring systems including <sup>1-3</sup>:</p><ul>
- +<li><p><a href="/articles/agatston-score">Agatston scoring</a></p></li>
- +<li><p><a href="/articles/calcium-volume-score">calcium volume score</a></p></li>
- +<li><p><a href="/articles/calcium-density-score" title="Calcium density score">calcium density score</a></p></li>
- +<li><p><a href="/articles/overall-visual-assessment-of-coronary-artery-calcification">overall visual assessment</a></p></li>
- +<li><p><a href="/articles/segment-involvement-score" title="Segment involvement score">segment involvement score</a></p></li>
- +<li><p><a href="/articles/calcium-mass-score">calcium mass score</a></p></li>
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- 3. Min J, Shaw L, Devereux R et al. Prognostic Value of Multidetector Coronary Computed Tomographic Angiography for Prediction of All-Cause Mortality. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2007;50(12):1161-70. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2007.03.067">doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2007.03.067</a> - <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17868808">Pubmed</a>
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