Permanent URL to this publication: http://dx.doi.org/10.5167/uzh-51132
Ghadri, J R; Pazhenkottil, A P; Nkoulou, R N; Goetti, R; Buechel, R R; Husmann, L; Herzog, B A; Wolfrum, M; Wyss, C A; Templin, C; Kaufmann, P A (2011). Very high coronary calcium score unmasks obstructive coronary artery disease in patients with normal SPECT MPI. Heart, 97(12):998-1003.
![[img]](http://www.zora.uzh.ch/style/images/fileicons/application_pdf.png) | Published Version PDF - Registered users only 540Kb | |
| Accepted Version 442Kb |
Abstract
In patients with normal SPECT MPI, a CAC >1000 confers a high diagnostic added value for detecting CAD. This is not solely based on unmasking balanced ischaemia due to epicardial 3-VD, as it occurred predominantly in patients with 1-VD and 2-VD.
| Item Type: | Journal Article, refereed, original work |
|---|---|
| Communities & Collections: | 04 Faculty of Medicine > University Hospital Zurich > Clinic for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology 04 Faculty of Medicine > Center for Integrative Human Physiology 04 Faculty of Medicine > University Hospital Zurich > Clinic for Nuclear Medicine 04 Faculty of Medicine > University Hospital Zurich > Clinic for Cardiology |
| DDC: | 570 Life sciences; biology 610 Medicine & health |
| Language: | English |
| Date: | June 2011 |
| Deposited On: | 17 Nov 2011 11:15 |
| Last Modified: | 23 Dec 2012 12:29 |
| Publisher: | BMJ Publishing Group |
| ISSN: | 1355-6037 |
| Publisher DOI: | 10.1136/hrt.2010.217281 |
| PubMed ID: | 21487127 |
Users (please log in): suggest update or correction for this item
Repository Staff Only: item control page
