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Editorial
. 2023 Feb;30(1):189-192.
doi: 10.1007/s12350-022-03192-1. Epub 2023 Jan 10.

The "power of zero" CAC validated for absence of ischemia on PET?

Daniel M Huck  1 , Brittany Weber  2   3
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Editorial

The "power of zero" CAC validated for absence of ischemia on PET?

Daniel M Huck et al. J Nucl Cardiol. 2023 Feb.
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The authors have reported that they have no conflict of interest relationships relevant to the contents of this paper to disclose. The author financial disclosures include: Dr. Weber reports personal consulting fees from Horizon Therapeutics and Kinisika, outside of the submitted work.

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Multimodality validation of the “power of zero”: predictive value of CAC for findings of obstructive CAD on sequential CCTA and PET (Van den Hoogen et al.) compared to metaanalyses of other imaging modalities.
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