Relative predictive value of lung cancer screening CT versus myocardial perfusion attenuation correction CT in the evaluation of coronary calcium
Bailey G, Healy A, Young BD, Sharma E, Meadows J, Chun HJ, Wu WC, Choudhary G, Morrison AR. Relative predictive value of lung cancer screening CT versus myocardial perfusion attenuation correction CT in the evaluation of coronary calcium. PLOS ONE 2017, 12: e0175678. PMID: 28437443, PMCID: PMC5402939, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0175678.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCoronary artery calcium scoreECG-gated cardiac CTCardiac CTMACE predictionLung cancerTotal coronary artery calcium scoreArtery calcium scoreCardiovascular risk assessmentSame patient populationPrediction of MACEAttenuation correction CTAgatston methodCalcium scoreCoronary calciumPatient populationRelative predictive valueElevated riskMajor vesselsPredictive valueCutoff valueVessel basisSecondary analysisSimilar AUCWeak correlationGold standard