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Very high coronary calcium score unmasks obstructive coronary artery disease in patients with normal SPECT MPI

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2011

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J. R. Ghadri, Aju P. Pazhenkottil, René Nkoulou, Robert Goetti, Ronny R. Buechel, Lars Husmann, B. A. Herzog, Mathias Wolfrum, C. Wyss, Christian Templin,
Heart

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.

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