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October 13, 2025Open Access

Coronary Artery Calcification on Non-Cardiac Gated CT Thorax Scans: A Single Tertiary Centre Retrospective Observational Study

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RDRobert S. DoyleMater Misericordiae HospitalDJDeepanjali JainRush University Medical CenterPDPatrick DevittMater Misericordiae Hospital

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Implication

Retrospective analysis reveals significant incidental coronary artery calcification in inpatients, suggesting gaps in risk assessment protocols.

Key Points

  • One fifth of general medical inpatients showed incidental coronary artery calcification on scans.
  • Among 186 patients, 53 (28.4%) had coronary artery calcification, with only 36 suitable for analysis.
  • Despite detected risks, functional testing like stress tests occurred in none of the patients.
  • There's a critical need to improve management protocols for incidental findings of coronary artery calcification.

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Doyle et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68ed3352c8c3d6f5ff5dda5chttps://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202510.0861.v1
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