Coronary calcification improves the estimation for clinical likelihood of obstructive coronary artery disease and avoids unnecessary testing in patients with borderline pretest probability

Eur J Prev Cardiol. 2022 Mar 25;29(3):e105-e107. doi: 10.1093/eurjpc/zwab036.

Authors

Jia Zhou¹, Jia Zhao^{1

2}, Zhaoying Li¹, Hongliang Cong¹, Chengjian Wang¹, Hong Zhang³, Xing Wang³, Yanhe Ma³, Chunjie Li¹, Zhigang Guo⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiology, Tianjin Chest Hospital, No. 261 Taierzhuang S Rd, Tianjin 300350, China.
² Graduate School, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China.
³ Department of Radiology, Tianjin Chest Hospital, Tianjin, China.
⁴ Department of Cardiac Surgery, Tianjin Chest Hospital, No. 261 Taierzhuang S Rd, Tianjin 300350, China.

PMID: 33693683
DOI: 10.1093/eurjpc/zwab036

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Computed Tomography Angiography
Coronary Angiography
Coronary Artery Disease* / diagnosis
Heart
Humans
Predictive Value of Tests
Probability