REPORTING THE PRESENCE OF CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM IN THE FINAL IMPRESSION OF NON-GATED CT CHEST SCANS INCREASES APPROPRIATE UTILIZATION OF STATINS
| Autor: | Dustin M. Thomas, Raymond Fisher, Charles Haller, Jessica Rouse, Anthony Vandehei, Joshua Boster, Lisa Townsend, Brian Shipley, Sarah Davis, Satoshi R Shin, Jaclyn Harris, Christopher Kaatz |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Cardiac computed tomography business.industry nutritional and metabolic diseases Retrospective cohort study Ct chest Coronary artery calcium cardiovascular system Medicine cardiovascular diseases Radiology Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business Medical therapy Mace |
| Zdroj: | Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 73:1626 |
| ISSN: | 0735-1097 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/s0735-1097(19)32232-6 |
| Popis: | Coronary artery calcium (CAC) scoring based on gated non-contrast cardiac computed tomography is a validated risk marker of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE). Reporting of CAC on non-gated CT chest (NGCT) scans and the impact on medical therapy is not well studied. A retrospective cohort |
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