Radiation dose threshold for coronary artery calcium score with MDCT: How low can you go?. Tom D. Newton,Hatem Mehrez,Kelly Wong. European Radiology . 2011Newton TD, Mehrez H, Wong K, Menezes R, Wintersperger BJ, Crean A, et al. Radiation dose threshold for coronary artery calcium score...
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your doctor will prescribe higher doses. If the maximum amount still doesn’t work -- or if you can’t handle the side effects -- your doctor may consider a PCSK9 inhibitor. They also may order tests, like a coronary calcium score, to check your heart disease risk. If you are diagnos...
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1) Quantify plaque with Coronary Calcium Score with CAT scan (or with Electron Beam CT). Obtain your CAT Scan serially, every 12 months to assess response to treatment and lifestyle modification (track your plaque). 2) Use Sophisticated Lipoprotein Panel (Quest-Cardio-IQ, LabCorp-NMR) (7)...
European RadiologyNewton TD, Mehrez H, Wong K, Menezes R, Wintersperger BJ, Crean A, et al. Radiation dose threshold for coronary artery calcium score with MDCT: how low can you go? Eur Radiol. 2011;21(10):2121–9.Newton TD, Mehrez H, Wong K, Menezes R, Wintersperger BJ, Crean A...
Background and Aims: Screening patients for coronary arterial disease can be through risk stratification using the Framingham Risk Score (FRS). Direct visualization of subclinical atherosclerotic lesions through coronary artery calcium scores (CACS) can be an additional strategy....
Compared with CAC=0, there was a stepwise higher risk (P trend<0.001) in SCD for CAC 100 to 399 (subdistribution hazard ratio [SHR]: 2.8; 95%CI: 1.6-5.0), CAC 400 to 999 (SHR: 4.0; 95%CI: 2.2-7.3), and CAC >1,000 (SHR: 4.9; 95%CI: 2.6-9.9). CAC provided incremental ...
Radiation dose threshold for coronary artery calcium score with MDCT: How low can you go?. Tom D. Newton,Hatem Mehrez,Kelly Wong. European Radiology . 2011Mahadevappa Mahesh, Stefan L. Zimmerman, Elliot K. Fishman. (2014) Radiation Dose Shift in Relative Proportion: The Case of Coronary ...