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dc.contributor.authorAlmoudi, M.
dc.contributor.authorSun, Zhonghua
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T14:08:26Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T14:08:26Z
dc.date.created2013-03-07T20:00:36Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.identifier.citationAlmoudi, Mansour and Sun, Zhong-Hua. 2012. A head-to-head comparison of the coronary calcium score by computed tomography with myocardial perfusion imaging in predicting coronary artery disease. Journal of Geriatric Cardiology. 9 (4): pp. 349-354.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/37825
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Objectives: The coronary artery calcium (CAC) score has been shown to predict future cardiac events. However the extent to which the added value of a CAC score to the diagnostic performance of myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) by single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) is unclear. The purpose of this study is to investigate the correlation between CAC score and SPECT in patients with suspected coronary artery disease. Methods: A retrospective review of the CAC scores by use of the Agatston calcium scoring method and cardiac SPECT diagnostic reports was conducted in 48 patients, who underwent both coronary computed tomography (CT) and SPECT examinations due to suspected coronary artery disease. A Pearson correlation test was used to determine the relation between CAC scores and MPI-SPECT assessments with regard to the evaluation of the extent of disease. Results: Forty-seven percent of the patients had CAC scores more than 100, while 42% of these patients demonstrated abnormal, or probably abnormal, MPI-SPECT. Of the 23% of patients with a zero CAC score, only 7% had normal MPI-SPECT findings. No significant correlation was found between the CAC scores and MPISPECT assessments (r value ranged from 0.012 to 0.080), regardless of the degree of coronary calcification. Conclusions: There is a lack of correlation between the CAC scores and the MPI-SPECT findings in the assessment of the extent of coronary artery disease. CAC scores and MPI-SPECT should be considered complementary approaches in the evaluation of patients with suspected coronary artery disease.

dc.publisherChinese P L A General Hospital * Institute of Geriatric Cardiology
dc.titleA head-to-head comparison of the coronary calcium score by computed tomography with myocardial perfusion imaging in predicting coronary artery disease
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume9
dcterms.source.startPage349
dcterms.source.endPage354
dcterms.source.issn1671-5411
dcterms.source.titleJournal of Geriatric Cardiology
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