Coronary calcium score improves the estimation for pretest probability of obstructive coronary artery disease and avoids unnecessary testing in individuals at low extreme of traditional risk factor burden: validation and comparison of CONFIRM score and genders extended model

Coronary calcium score improves the estimation for pretest probability of obstructive coronary artery disease and avoids unnecessary testing in individuals at low extreme of traditional risk factor burden: validation and comparison of CONFIRM score and genders extended model

Abstract Background Reliability of models for estimating pretest probability (PTP) of obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD) has not been investigated in individuals at low extreme of traditional risk factor (RF) burden. Thus, we sought to validate and compare CONFIRM score and Genders extended m...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Minghui Wang, Yujie Liu, Xiujun Zhou, Jia Zhou, Hong Zhang, Ying Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-08-01
Series:BMC Cardiovascular Disorders
Subjects:
Coronary computed tomographic angiography
Pretest probability of obstructive coronary artery disease
Low extreme of risk factor
Coronary calcium score
Unnecessary testing
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12872-018-0912-3

Internet

http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12872-018-0912-3

Similar Items