Correlation of a new method of visual scoring of coronary artery calcification detected from low dose chest CT and all-cause mortality
1. In a case control study, examine the relationship of a method of visual scoring of CAC and all cause mortality, and as a sub-aim - cardiovascular-specific mortality.
2. Measure Agatston's scores to provide further validation of the correlation between visual scores and Agatston's scores.
3. Measure the inter observer variability in the visual scoring of CAC.
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Visual scoring of coronary artery calcification in lung cancer screening computed tomography: association with all-cause and cardiovascular mortality risk.
Watts JR, Sonavane SK, Snell-Bergeon J, Nath H
Coron. Artery Dis. 2015 Mar; Volume 26 (Issue 2): Pages 157-62 PUBMED