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Coronary calcium scoring: the first step in case of suspected significant coronary atherosclerosis.
Rozemarijn Vliegenthart Proença, Matthijs Oudkerk
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Abstract
To the editor: We read with interest the article by Leschka and colleagues concerning the assessment of coronary atherosclerosis by dual-source computed tomography coronary angiography (CTCA) and calcium scoring (CS).1 The authors propose an imaging pathway consisting of dual-source CTCA and selective CS in patients with suspicion of significant coronary atherosclerosis. We have two remarks.
First, as the authors indicate in the “Results” …