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ArticleWorld journal of nuclear medicine

Benefits of adding coronary calcium score scan to stress myocardial perfusion positron emission tomography imaging.

Ahmed Fathala, Mervat Aboulkheir, Salwa Bukhari, Mohamed M Shoukri, Moheieldin M Abouzied

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Article in World journal of nuclear medicine. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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2 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ahmed FathalaDepartment of Radiology Nuclear Medicine and Cardiovascular Imaging, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Mervat AboulkheirDepartment of Radiology Nuclear Medicine and Cardiovascular Imaging, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Salwa BukhariDepartment of Radiology Nuclear Medicine and Cardiovascular Imaging, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Mohamed M ShoukriDepartment of Cell Biology, Research Centre King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Moheieldin M AbouziedDepartment of Radiology Nuclear Medicine and Cardiovascular Imaging, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre · SATaibah University · SA

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

There have been little and conflicting data regarding the relationship between coronary artery calcification score (CACS) and myocardial ischemia on positron emission tomography myocardial perfusion imaging (PET MPI). The aims of this study were to investigate the relationship between myocardial ischemia on PET MPI and CACS, the frequency and severity of CACS in patients with normal PET MPI, and to determine the optimal CACS cutoff point for abnormal PET. This retrospective study included 363 patients who underwent same-setting stress PET perfusion imaging and CACS scan because of clinically suspected coronary artery disease (CAD). Fifty-five (55%) of the 363 patients had abnormal PET perfusion. There was an association between sex, diabetes mellitus (DM), smoking, and CACS and PET perfusion abnormities with

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Coronary artery calcification score-coronary artery diseasemyocardial ischemiapositron emission tomography myocardial perfusionstress functional imaging

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PMID31040746
PMCPMC6476252
OpenAlexW2933982022

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