Coronary atherosclerosis scoring with semiquantitative CCTA risk scores for prediction of major adverse cardiac events: A propensity score-based analysis of diabetic and non-diabetic patients
We aimed to compare semiquantitative coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) risk scores – which score presence, extent, composition, stenosis and/or location of coronary artery disease (CAD) – and their prognostic value between patients with and without diabetes mellitus (DM). Risk scores derived from general chest-pain populations are often challenging to apply in DM patients, bec ause of numerous confounders.
Source: Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography - Category: Radiology Authors: Inge J. van den Hoogen, Alexander R. van Rosendael, Fay Y. Lin, Yao Lu, Aukelien C. Dimitriu-Leen, Jeff M. Smit, Arthur J.H.A. Scholte, Stephan Achenbach, Mouaz H. Al-Mallah, Daniele Andreini, Daniel S. Berman, Matthew J. Budoff, Filippo Cademartiri, Trac Source Type: research
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