Open AccessDoes coronary CT angiography improve risk stratification over coronary calcium scoring in symptomatic patients with suspected coronary artery disease? Results from the prospective multicenter international CONFIRM registry
Author(s) -
Mouaz H. AlMallah,
Waqas Qureshi,
F. Y. Lin,
Stephan Achenbach,
Daniel S. Berman,
Matthew J. Budoff,
Tracy Q. Callister,
HyukJae Chang,
Filippo Cademartiri,
Kavitha M. Chinnaiyan,
Benjamin J.W. Chow,
Victor Cheng,
Augustin DeLago,
Manuel J. Gómez,
Martin Hadamitzky,
Jörg Hausleiter,
Philipp A. Kaufmann,
Jonathon Leipsic,
Erica Maffei,
Gilbert Raff,
Leslee J Shaw,
Todd C. Villines,
Roberto Caldeira Cury,
Gudrun Feuchtner,
Fabian Plank,
Y.-J. Kim,
Alison M. Dunning,
James K. Min
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
european heart journal - cardiovascular imaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.576
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2047-2412
pISSN - 2047-2404
DOI - 10.1093/ehjci/jet148
Subject(s) - medicine , coronary artery disease , cardiology , coronary angiography , computed tomographic angiography , radiology , coronary artery calcium , risk stratification , stenosis , angiography , myocardial infarction
The prognostic value of coronary artery calcium (CAC) scoring is well established and has been suggested for use to exclude significant coronary artery disease (CAD) for symptomatic individuals with CAD. Contrast-enhanced coronary computed tomographic angiography (CCTA) is an alternative modality that enables direct visualization of coronary stenosis severity, extent, and distribution. Whether CCTA findings of CAD add an incremental prognostic value over CAC in symptomatic individuals has not been extensively studied.
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