Key result
Adding noncontrast calcium scoring to CTA fails to improve risk stratification for ED chest pain.
Why the study?
Does the inclusion of an additional noncontrast acquisition for coronary artery calcium scoring within coronary CTA protocols improve risk stratification for patients presenting to the ED with chest pain?
Does the inclusion of an additional noncontrast acquisition for coronary artery calcium scoring within coronary CTA protocols improve risk stratification for patients presenting to the ED with chest pain?
Adding a noncontrast calcium scoring scan to coronary CTA protocols may not provide additional value for risk stratification in ED patients with acute chest pain.
May not support adding CAC scoring to coronary CTA in ED chest pain; leaves open prospective validation of incremental risk stratification.
. Inclusion of an additional noncontrast acquisition for coronary artery calcium scoring within coronary CTA protocols may not improve risk stratification for patients presenting to the ED with chest pain.
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Lee et al. (2025) studied this question. Including an additional noncontrast acquisition for coronary artery calcium scoring within coronary CTA protocols may not improve risk stratification for ED patients with chest pain.
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