Rationale and Comments

Coronary artery calcium scoring is used for evaluation of individuals without known CAD and offers limited incremental prognostic value for individuals with known CAD, such as those with stents and bypass grafts.

Sponsoring Organizations

• Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography

Sources

• ACC/AHA guidelines

Disciplines

• Cardiovascular

References

• Budoff MJ, et al. Assessment of coronary artery disease by cardiac computed tomography. Circulation. 2006;114(16): 1761-91.
  
• Greenland P, et al. ACCF/AHA 2007 clinical expert consensus document on coronary artery calcium scoring by computed tomography in global cardiovascular risk assessment and in evaluation of patients with chest pain. J Amer Coll Cardiol. 2007;49(3):378-402.