Prognostic value of coronary artery calcium score in patients with symptoms suggestive of coronary artery disease. Results from the Silesian Calcium Score (SILICAS) study.

CONCLUSIONS In selected symptomatic patients with an intermediate probability of CAD, the CACS measurement may be used as the first-line test to assess the risk of MACEs. PMID: 27362392 [PubMed - in process]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27362392?dopt=Abstract

Source: Polskie Archiwum Medycyny Wewnetrznej - July 2, 2016 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: Pol Arch Med Wewn Source Type: research