Routine reporting of coronary artery calcification on low-dose chest CT enhances screening benefits by providing an additive risk stratification tool for cardiovascular event management.
Does routine reporting of coronary artery calcification on low dose chest CT improve cardiovascular risk stratification in high-risk populations?
Routine reporting of coronary artery calcification on low-dose chest CT scans for lung cancer screening provides a valuable tool for cardiovascular risk stratification and primary prevention.
The recent acceptance of low dose chest computed tomography (LDCT) as a screening modality for early lung cancer detection will significantly increase the number of LDCT among high risk population. The target subjects are at the same time at high risk to develop cardiovascular (CV) events. The routine report on coronary artery calcification (CAC) will therefore, enhances the screening benefit by providing the clinicians with an additive powerful risk stratification tool for the management or primary prevention of CV events. This review will provide the radiologists with helpful information for the daily practice regarding on what is CAC, its clinical applications and how to diagnose, quantify and report on CAC while reading the LDCT.
Joseph Shemesh (Fri,) conducted a review in Coronary artery calcification. Routine reporting of coronary artery calcification on low dose chest CT was evaluated. Routine reporting of coronary artery calcification on low-dose chest CT enhances screening benefits by providing an additive risk stratification tool for cardiovascular event management.