scholarly journals Coronary Artery Calcium Score - A Reliable Indicator of Coronary Artery Disease?

Cureus ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Devarashetty Shreya ◽  
Diana I Zamora ◽  
Gautami S Patel ◽  
Idan Grossmann ◽  
Kevin Rodriguez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Coronary Artery Disease ◽  
Coronary Artery ◽  
Coronary Artery Calcium ◽  
Coronary Artery Calcium Score ◽  
Calcium Score ◽  
Reliable Indicator ◽  
Artery Disease

scholarly journals Bicuspid Aortic Valve Is Associated with Less Coronary Calcium and Coronary Artery Disease Burden

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (14) ◽  
pp. 3070
Author(s):  
Gudrun Feuchtner ◽  
Sven Bleckwenn ◽  
Leon Stoessl ◽  
Fabian Plank ◽  
Christoph Beyer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Coronary Artery Disease ◽  
Coronary Artery ◽  
Aortic Valve ◽  
Bicuspid Aortic Valve ◽  
Coronary Artery Calcium ◽  
Coronary Artery Calcium Score ◽  
Calcium Score ◽  
Coronary Calcium ◽  
Retrospective Case ◽  
Artery Disease

(1) Background. Bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) is associated with genetic defects (NOTCH 1, GATA 5) and aortopathy. Differences in the flow patterns and a genetic predisposition could also affect coronary arteries. The objective was to assess the coronary artery calcium score (CACS) and coronary artery disease (CAD) burden by coronary computed tomography angiography (CTA) in patients with BAV stenosis, as compared to stenotic tricuspid aortic valves (TAV). (2) Methods. A retrospective case–control study. A total of 47 patients with BAV stenosis (68.9 years ± 12.9, 38.3% females) who underwent CTA were matched with 47 TAV stenosis patients for age, gender, smoking, arterial hypertension, dyslipidemia, diabetes, body-mass-index and chronic kidney disease. (3) Results. The coronary artery calcium score (CACS) was lower in BAV (237.4 vs. 1013.3AU; p < 0.001) than in TAV, and stenosis severity was less (CAD-RADTM: p < 0.001). More patients with BAV had CACS zero (27.7% vs. 0%; p < 0.001). The majority (68.1%) of patients with BAV had no or non-obstructive CAD but only 25.5% of TAV (p < 0.001). Obstructive CAD (>50% stenosis) by CTA was more frequently observed in patients with TAV (68.1%; p < 0.001). (4) Conclusions and Relevance. Patients with BAV stenosis have markedly less coronary calcium and less severe coronary stenosis. CTA succeeds to rule out obstructive CAD in the majority of BAV, with adherent implications for TAVR planning.

Analyzing the predictive value of coronary artery calcium score to assess coronary artery disease events

2009 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 209-210
Author(s):  
Bassel Artin ◽  
Amol Bahekar ◽  
Ahmad Khraisat ◽  
Rohit Bhuriya ◽  
Sarabjeet Singh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Coronary Artery Disease ◽  
Coronary Artery ◽  
Coronary Artery Calcium ◽  
Predictive Value ◽  
Coronary Artery Calcium Score ◽  
Calcium Score ◽  
Artery Disease

scholarly journals Coronary Artery Calcium Score: Assessment of SYNTAX Score and Prediction of Coronary Artery Disease

Cureus ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Asma Shabbir ◽  
Sana T Virk ◽  
Jahanzeb Malik ◽  
Shabana Kausar ◽  
Talha B Nazir ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Coronary Artery Disease ◽  
Coronary Artery ◽  
Coronary Artery Calcium ◽  
Coronary Artery Calcium Score ◽  
Calcium Score ◽  
Syntax Score ◽  
Artery Disease
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