Obtaining a Coronary Artery Calcium Score with Myocardial Perfusion Imaging

Merrill Thomas; Randall C Thompson

doi:10.1016/j.ccl.2023.01.006

Obtaining a Coronary Artery Calcium Score with Myocardial Perfusion Imaging

Cardiol Clin. 2023 May;41(2):177-184. doi: 10.1016/j.ccl.2023.01.006. Epub 2023 Feb 21.

Authors

Merrill Thomas¹, Randall C Thompson²

Affiliations

¹ University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine; Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute, 4401 Wornall Road, Kansas City, MO 64111, USA.
² University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine; Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute, 4401 Wornall Road, Kansas City, MO 64111, USA. Electronic address: rthompson@saint-lukes.org.

PMID: 37003675
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccl.2023.01.006

Abstract

A coronary artery calcium score adds diagnostic and prognostic information to myocardial perfusion imaging and has been shown to alter management. Whenever feasible, coronary calcium assessment should be performed routinely in patients without known coronary artery disease at the time of myocardial perfusion imaging.

Keywords: Coronary artery calcium score; Myocardial perfusion imaging; PET; Single-photon emission computed tomography.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Calcium
Coronary Angiography / methods
Coronary Artery Disease* / diagnostic imaging
Humans
Myocardial Perfusion Imaging* / methods
Predictive Value of Tests
Prognosis
Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon

Substances

Calcium