Identification of patients at increased risk of first unheralded acute myocardial infarction by electron-beam computed tomography - PubMed (original) (raw)
Comparative Study
. 2000 Feb 29;101(8):850-5.
doi: 10.1161/01.cir.101.8.850.
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- DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.101.8.850
Comparative Study
Identification of patients at increased risk of first unheralded acute myocardial infarction by electron-beam computed tomography
P Raggi et al. Circulation. 2000.
Abstract
Background: There is a clear relationship between absolute calcium scores (CS) and severity of coronary artery disease. However, hard coronary events have been shown to occur across all ranges of CS.
Methods and results: We conducted 2 analyses: in group A, 172 patients underwent electron-beam CT (EBCT) imaging within 60 days of suffering an unheralded myocardial infarction. In group B, 632 patients screened by EBCT were followed up for a mean of 32+/-7 months for the development of acute myocardial infarction or cardiac death. The mean patient age and prevalence of coronary calcification were similar in the 2 groups (53+/-8 versus 52+/-9 years and 96% each). In group B, the annualized event rate was 0.11% for subjects with CS of 0, 2.1% for CS 1 to 99, 4.1% for CS 100 to 400, and 4.8% for CS >400, and only 7% of the patients had CS >400. However, mild, moderate, and extensive absolute CSs were distributed similarly between patients with events in both groups (34%, 35%, and 27%, respectively, in group A and 44%, 30%, and 22% in group B). In contrast, the majority of events in both groups occurred in patients with CS >75th percentile (70% in each group).
Conclusions: Coronary calcium is present in most patients who suffer acute coronary events. Although the event rate is greater for patients with high absolute CSs, few patients have this degree of calcification on a screening EBCT. Conversely, the majority of events occur in individuals with high CS percentiles. Hence, CS percentiles constitute a more effective screening method to stratify individuals at risk.
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- Incorporation of electron beam CT into routine testing algorithms: do we "just do it"?
Hachamovitch R. Hachamovitch R. Rev Cardiovasc Med. 2001 Spring;2(2):110-1. Rev Cardiovasc Med. 2001. PMID: 12506946 No abstract available.
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