In contrast with this new CCS, coronary artery calcification measured by CT provides an overall measure of plaque burden, typically using the Agatston score. By creating a new calcium score that ...

A vendor-neutral Agatston score that addresses variability in coronary artery calcium (CAC) scoring across CT scanner types improves classification of an individual’s future risk of cardiovascular ...

Major adverse cardiac events occurred in 9% of low FFS groups, 11.3% of medium FSS groups and 26.7% of high FSS groups (P<.001) vs. 8.4% in the low SYNTAX score groups, 10.2% in the medium SYNTAX ...

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 ...