Coronary artery calcification
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Coronary artery calcification is a common incidental finding in asymptomatic patients having CT of the thorax for non-cardiac indications as well as being a significant finding on cardiac CT. Coronary artery calcification is a marker of atherosclerotic plaque and thus coronary arteryheart disease risk. There are a number of scoring systems including 1,2:
- Agatston scoring
- segmented vessel-specific scoring
- overall visual assessment
-<p><strong>Coronary artery calcification</strong> is a common incidental finding in asymptomatic patients having CT of the thorax for non-cardiac indications as well as being a significant finding on cardiac CT. <a href="/articles/coronary-arteries">Coronary artery</a> calcification is a marker of atherosclerotic plaque and thus <a href="/articles/coronary-artery-disease">coronary artery disease</a>. There are a number of scoring systems including <sup>1,2</sup>:</p><ul>- +<p><strong>Coronary artery calcification</strong> is a common incidental finding in asymptomatic patients having CT of the thorax for non-cardiac indications as well as being a significant finding on cardiac CT. <a href="/articles/coronary-arteries">Coronary artery</a> calcification is a marker of atherosclerotic plaque and thus <a href="/articles/coronary-artery-disease">coronary heart disease</a> risk. There are a number of scoring systems including <sup>1,2</sup>:</p><ul>
-<li>overall visual assessment</li>- +<li><a href="/articles/overall-visual-assessment-of-coronary-artery-calcification">overall visual assessment</a></li>
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