| Autor: |
Magdy Mohammed EL Rakhawy, Nehad Mahmoud Fouda, Nahed Abd El-Gaber EL Toukhy, Amr Fathy Abo EL Ftouh, Dina harb Mohamed Mahmoud |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2018 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
The Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Vol 49, Iss 4, Pp 1145-1154 (2018) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
0378-603X |
| DOI: |
10.1016/j.ejrnm.2018.07.004 |
| Popis: |
Back ground: In some patients suffering from chest pain, we must start by non-invasive coronary CT angiography (CCTA) to protect these patients from unnecessary invasive coronary catheter angiography (CCA). Objective: Value of CCTA as the first diagnostic imaging modality in patient suffering from chest pain. Patients and methods: A total number of 100 patients were included in this study with mean age of 53.51 ± 11.6 years. Our patients were divided into two groups, group (A) included 60 patients underwent both CCTA and CCA and group (B) included 40 patients underwent CCTA only. Then Framingham Risk Score was applied for 68 cases (68%) after exclusion of cases with previous coronary artery intervention as CABG or stent (32 cases). Results: We were calculated a cutoff point of Framingham Risk Score at which p value |
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