Detection of silent coronary artery disease by computed tomographic scan: coronary artery calcium versus noninvasive coronary angiography.

Objectives: Multislice computerized tomographic scan can identify coronary artery disease (CAD) with quantification of coronary artery calcium (CAC) and computed tomographic coronary angiography (CTA). The utility of CAC in comparison with CTA in asymptomatic patients has not been assessed.

Methods: Patients with risk factors for CAD, who were referred for screening, were studied using CAC and CTA, using a Phillips Mx8000 IDT 16 multislice computed tomographic scanner.

[Computed tomographic measurement of coronary artery calcification in the assessment of cardiovascular risk: a descriptive study].

Introduction And Objectives: Measurement of coronary artery calcification (CAC) is used in the evaluation of cardiovascular risk. We investigated its usefulness by comparing CAC assessment with that of various risk charts.

Methods: We determined cardiovascular risk in patients without known atherosclerosis using the 1998 European Task Force (ETF), REGICOR (Registre Gironí del Corazón) and SCORE (Systematic Coronary Risk Evaluation) charts.