Long-term risk of cardiovascular events after detecting silent coronary atheromatosis using computed tomography.

Background: Coronary calcium score (CCS) and coronary computed tomography angiography (CTA) assessments using multidetector computed tomography are invaluable for atheromatosis screening. We studied their usefulness in cardiovascular risk assessments, and compared evaluations using the Systematic COronary Risk Evaluation (SCORE) algorithm with those from CTA and CSS assessments in terms of their ability to predict cardiovascular events in Mediterranean patients.

Patients And Methods: Two hundred and sixty-six asymptomatic patients whose mean age was 55.

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.