Synapse
⌘+K
Synapse
PulseExploreClubsResearchersJournals
Instagram
HomeClubsExplore
December 8, 2025Journal of Cardiovascular Development and DiseaseOpen Access

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

View Full Paper
Ask AI
Bookmark
Share

Authors

JHJack HartnettCMCatherine McGorrian

Discussion

Loading...

Member takes

Overview

Retrospective analysis shows incidental coronary artery calcification in 19.4% of inpatients, indicating gaps in risk stratification.

Key Points

  • To assess the prevalence and management of incidental coronary artery calcification (CAC) on non-cardiac CT thorax scans in medical inpatients.
  • Retrospective observational study of general medical inpatients aged 40–75
  • Data collected from electronic health records of non-cardiac gated CT thorax scans
  • Excluded patients with known ischaemic heart disease
  • 28.4% of patients had CAC reported on CT scans
  • 19.4% of patients without known IHD were analyzed
  • None underwent functional testing after CAC findings

Cite This Study

Hartnett et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/693624ce4fa91c937236cdf7https://doi.org/10.3390/jcdd12120480
View Full Paper
Ask AI
Bookmark
Share

Also Consider

Synapse has enriched 5 closely related papers on similar clinical questions. Consider them for comparative context:

  1. 1Coronary Artery Calcification on Non-Cardiac Gated CT Thorax Scans: A Single Tertiary Centre Retrospective Observational Study2025
  2. 2Prevalence and clinical implications of coronary artery calcium scoring on non-gated thoracic computed tomography: a systematic review and meta-analysis2023 · 42 citations
  3. 3Incidentally identified coronary artery calcium on non-contrast CT scan of the chest predicts major adverse cardiac events among hospital inpatients2021 · 23 citations
  4. 4The utility of coronary artery calcium in non-gated high resolution CT thorax scans in predicting cardiac events as compared to the Framingham risk score: a retrospective study2020 · 2 citations
  5. 5Coronary Artery Calcification on Prior Non‐Gated Chest <scp>CT</scp> in Patients With Myocardial Infarction: Reporting Rates and Implications for Cardiovascular Risk Stratification2026