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Standardization Efforts in the Quantification of Coronary Calcium

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Coronary Radiology

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Calcium in the form of hydroxyapatite (HA) in the coronary arteries is a known marker for the presence of artherosclerotic lesions of the coronary arteries. It has been shown that the risk for coronary events is associated and strongly correlated with the amount of coronary calcium (Arad et al. 2000; Raggi et al. 2000). The absence of coronary calcium almost certainly implies the absence of coronary artery disease (CAD) (Wexler et al. 1996). Calcium strongly attenuates X-rays due to its relatively high atomic number and so X-ray techniques are suitable methods to detect and quantify coronary calcifications. Plain chest radiographs and fluoroscopy were used to detect coronary calcifications but neither is very sensitive and it is not possible to quantify the amount of calcium (Stanford et al. 1993).

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Ulzheimer, S., Kalender, W.A. (2004). Standardization Efforts in the Quantification of Coronary Calcium. In: Oudkerk, M. (eds) Coronary Radiology. Medical Radiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-06419-1_11

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