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Coronary artery calcium scoring does not add prognostic value to standard 64-section CT angiography protocol in low-risk patients suspected of having coronary artery disease.

Authors
 Sung Woo Kwon  ;  Young Jin Kim  ;  Jaemin Shim  ;  Ji Min Sung  ;  Mi Eun Han  ;  Dong Won Kang  ;  Ji-Ye Kim  ;  Byoung Wook Choi  ;  Hyuk-Jae Chang 
Citation
 RADIOLOGY, Vol.259(1) : 92-99, 2011 
Journal Title
RADIOLOGY
ISSN
 0033-8419 
Issue Date
2011
Abstract
PURPOSE: To evaluate the prognostic outcome of cardiac computed tomography (CT) for prediction of major adverse cardiac events (MACEs) in low-risk patients suspected of having coronary artery disease (CAD) and to explore the differential prognostic values of coronary artery calcium (CAC) scoring and coronary CT angiography.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: Institutional review committee approval and informed consent were obtained. In 4338 patients who underwent 64-section CT for evaluation of suspected CAD, both CAC scoring and CT angiography were concurrently performed by using standard scanning protocols. Follow-up clinical outcome data regarding composite MACEs were procured. Multivariable Cox proportional hazards models were developed to predict MACEs. Risk-adjusted models incorporated traditional risk factors for CAC scoring and coronary CT angiography.

RESULTS: During the mean follow-up of 828 days ± 380, there were 105 MACEs, for an event rate of 3%. The presence of obstructive CAD at coronary CT angiography had independent prognostic value, which escalated according to the number of stenosed vessels (P < .001). In the receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC) analysis, the superiority of coronary CT angiography to CAC scoring was demonstrated by a significantly greater area under the ROC curve (AUC) (0.892 vs 0.810, P < .001), whereas no significant incremental value for the addition of CAC scoring to coronary CT angiography was established (AUC = 0.892 for coronary CT angiography alone vs 0.902 with addition of CAC scoring, P = .198).

CONCLUSION: Coronary CT angiography is better than CAC scoring in predicting MACEs in low-risk patients suspected of having CAD. Furthermore, the current standard multisection CT protocol (coronary CT angiography combined with CAC scoring) has no incremental prognostic value compared with coronary CT angiography alone. Therefore, in terms of determining prognosis, CAC scoring may no longer need to be incorporated in the cardiac CT protocol in this population.
Full Text
http://pubs.rsna.org/doi/full/10.1148/radiol.10100886?pubCode=cgi
DOI
10.1148/radiol.10100886
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1. College of Medicine (의과대학) > Research Institute (부설연구소) > 1. Journal Papers
1. College of Medicine (의과대학) > Dept. of Internal Medicine (내과학교실) > 1. Journal Papers
1. College of Medicine (의과대학) > Dept. of Radiology (영상의학교실) > 1. Journal Papers
Yonsei Authors
Kwon, Sung Woo(권성우)
Kim, Young Jin(김영진) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6235-6550
Sung, Ji Min(성지민)
Shim, Jae Min(심재민)
Chang, Hyuk-Jae(장혁재) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6139-7545
Choi, Byoung Wook(최병욱) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8873-5444
URI
https://ir.ymlib.yonsei.ac.kr/handle/22282913/92784
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