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Comparative Study
. 2005 May 15;95(10):1225-7.
doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2005.01.051.

Impact of coronary calcium score on diagnostic accuracy for the detection of significant coronary stenosis with multislice computed tomography angiography

Filippo Cademartiri  1 , Nico R Mollet, Pedro A Lemos, Franceso Saia, Giuseppe Runza, Massimo Midiri, Gabriel P Krestin, Pim J de Feyter
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Comparative Study

Impact of coronary calcium score on diagnostic accuracy for the detection of significant coronary stenosis with multislice computed tomography angiography

Filippo Cademartiri et al. Am J Cardiol. .

Abstract

One hundred twenty patients in sinus rhythm with suspected coronary artery disease who underwent multislice computed tomography of the heart and conventional coronary angiography were retrospectively selected. The population was divided into 2 groups depending on their calcium score (CS) (e.g., low CS and high CS). The diagnostic accuracy of multislice computed tomographic scans for detecting significant lesions (>50% lumen reduction) in both groups was compared with quantitative coronary angiography. The sensitivity and specificity of multislice computed tomography were 90% and 92%, and 97% and 91% for low and high CS groups, respectively.

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