Coronary artery calcium screening: current status and recommendations from the European Society of Cardiac Radiology and North American Society for Cardiovascular Imaging

Int J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2008 Aug;24(6):645-71. doi: 10.1007/s10554-008-9319-z. Epub 2008 May 27.

Abstract

Current guidelines and literature on screening for coronary artery calcium for cardiac risk assessment are reviewed for both general and special populations. It is shown that for both general and special populations a zero score excludes most clinically relevant coronary artery disease. The importance of standardization of coronary artery calcium measurements by multi-detector CT is discussed.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Calcinosis / complications
  • Calcinosis / pathology*
  • Cardiovascular Diseases / etiology*
  • Cardiovascular Diseases / pathology
  • Coronary Angiography
  • Coronary Artery Disease / complications
  • Coronary Artery Disease / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Mass Screening* / methods
  • Mass Screening* / standards
  • Practice Guidelines as Topic
  • Risk Assessment
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed