Coronary Artery Calcium Scanning: The Agatston Score and Beyond

JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2016 Dec;9(12):1417-1419. doi: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2016.05.020.

Authors

Daniel S Berman¹, Yoav Arnson², Alan Rozanski³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Imaging, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute, Los Angeles, California. Electronic address: bermand@cshs.org.
² Department of Imaging, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute, Los Angeles, California.
³ Division of Cardiology, Mount Sinai St. Luke's and Roosevelt Hospital, Mount Sinai Heart, and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York.

PMID: 27931526
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2016.05.020

No abstract available

Keywords: cardiovascular disease; coronary heart disease; coronary artery calcium; risk assessment.

Publication types

Editorial
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Comment

MeSH terms

Calcinosis
Calcium*
Coronary Angiography
Coronary Artery Disease
Coronary Vessels*
Humans
Risk Factors
Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

Calcium