Detrano Robert C, Doherty Terry M, Xiang Min, Kawakubo Miwa, Labree Laurie, Romero Eloisa, Azen Stanley
Department of Medicine, Harbor-University of Los Angeles Research and Education Institute, Torrance, California 90502, USA.
Am J Cardiol. 2004 Mar 1;93(5):624-6. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2003.11.034.
Computed tomographic image slices between 2.5 and 3.0 mm are commonly used for coronary calcium scanning. To evaluate the comparative accuracy of thicker image slices (5 to 6 mm) for predicting coronary events, we acquired both types of scans in 280 research participants and clinically followed them up for 7 years. We found that thick-slice image scanning and image assessment ranked calcium scores similarly and that measurements from both scanning methods predicted coronary heart disease events equally.
