with passage of time (right image) the plaque grows larger. About 20% of this plaque volume contains calcium which is measurable on CAT scan, providing a marker for the total plaque burden. Calcium score and by inference, plaque volume typically ...
The radiation from calcium score scan is minimal, mostly less than 2 milliseiverts, which is an acceptable tradeoff for the wealth of diagnostic and prognostic information for the patient. Also as recent studies such as ISCHEMIA42 have not shown a clear benefit of routinely intervening even with...
Among the proposed screening methods in the study is coronary calcium scanning (CAC), which allows non-invasive detection of coronary atherosclerosis and considers various risk factors [1,32]. In individuals without previous CAD, the presence of high CAC indicates high risk, while the absence of ...
In 293 patients with advanced established coronary artery disease, measuring disease activity with PET outperformed all other established predictors, including the presence of comorbidities; risk scores; coronary calcium scoring; and the presence, severity, and extent of coronary artery disease (Figure 2...
Coronary artery disease (CAD), which is the manifestation of atherosclerosis in coronary arteries, is the most common single cause of death and is responsible for disabilities of millions of people worldwide. Despite numerous dedicated clinical studies a