Refining Cardiovascular Calcification in the Appraisal of Ischemic Heart
Nguyen V, Fan J, Hafeez I, Nguyen A, Mojibian H. Refining Cardiovascular Calcification in the Appraisal of Ischemic Heart. Cureus 2024, 16: e64328. PMID: 39130835, PMCID: PMC11316457, DOI: 10.7759/cureus.64328.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCoronary artery calcificationCardiovascular calcificationPositron emission tomographySuspected ischemiaPerfusion defectsArtery calcificationMedical historyPredictor of myocardial ischemiaNon-contrast computed tomographyRate of cardiovascular eventsAssociation of ischemiaCT attenuation correctionChest computed tomography imagesNegative predictive valueSignificant perfusion defectsAtherosclerotic coronary artery diseaseNuclear stress testingMyocardial perfusion defectsMyocardial perfusion imagingMyocardial perfusion scanCoronary artery diseaseFollow-up dataPatient's medical historyCoronary CTAInvasive angiography