(MENAFN- EIN Presswire) EINPresswire/ -- The Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) and HeartLung today announced the release of a new sponsored webcast,“Agatston 2.0: The next ...

Seattle, WA - A novel coronary calcium score (CCS), one that is able to describe the spatial distribution of calcified plaque in the coronary arteries, is associated with coronary heart disease events ...

The assessed risk of more than 65 percent of patients without established cardiovascular disease who were evaluated for coronary artery calcification via ungated chest CT was reclassified after ...

A novel automated score that calculates both the dispersion and density of coronary artery calcium (CAC) seems to improve upon the predictive powers of the commonly used Agatston score for estimating ...

BALTIMORE, MD—A novel system for scoring coronary artery calcium that combines the long-used Agatston score with the number of calcified vessels provides better long-term risk stratification for ...

VIENNA — Up to 6.5% of people classified as being at intermediate cardiovascular risk could be misclassified, depending on which brand of CT scanner was used to calculate their coronary artery calcium ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A coronary artery calcium score is the result of a test called a coronary calcium scan. Coronary calcium scans ...