Open AccessCoronary Calcium to Rule Out Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease in Patients With Acute Chest Pain
Author(s) -
Gowtham R. Grandhi,
Reed Mszar,
Miguel CainzosAchirica,
Tanuja Rajan,
Muhammad Latif,
Márcio Sommer Bittencourt,
Leslee J. Shaw,
Juan C. Batlle,
Ron Blankstein,
Michael J. Blaha,
Ricardo C. Cury,
Khurram Nasir
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
jacc. cardiovascular imaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.79
H-Index - 120
eISSN - 1936-878X
pISSN - 1876-7591
DOI - 10.1016/j.jcmg.2021.06.027
Subject(s) - medicine , coronary artery disease , chest pain , acute coronary syndrome , cardiology , emergency department , revascularization , myocardial infarction , obstructive lung disease , thrombolysis , troponin , copd , psychiatry
This study aimed to evaluate the ability of coronary artery calcium (CAC) as an initial diagnostic tool to rule out obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD) in a very large registry of patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) with acute chest pain (CP) who were at low to intermediate risk for acute coronary syndrome (ACS).
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