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The diagnostic and prognostic significance of coronary artery calcification. A report of 800 cases.

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Margolis, JR; Chen, JT; Kong, Y; Peter, RH; Behar, VS; Kisslo, JA

Published in: Radiology

December 1980

The significance of coronary artery calcification was assessed in 800 patients who underwent cardiac fluoroscopy and selective coronary cineangiography. Calcification was shown by fluoroscopy in 250, of whom 236 (94%) had greater than or equal to 75% stenosis of one or more major coronary arteries at angiography. Among patients with significant coronary artery disease, 40% (236/585) had calcification. Patients with calcification demonstrated poorer survival at all follow-up intervals (from six months to five years); the five-year survival rate was 87% for patients without calcification, compared to 58% for those with calcification. The prognostic significance of coronary artery calcification appears to be independent of information obtained by cardiac catheterization and angiocardiography.

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Author Victor S. Behar Medicine, Cardiology

Author Joseph Andrew Kisslo Medicine, Cardiology

Published In

Radiology

DOI

10.1148/radiology.137.3.7444045

ISSN

0033-8419

Publication Date

December 1980

Volume

137

Issue

Start / End Page

609 / 616

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

Prognosis
Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Middle Aged
Humans
Follow-Up Studies
Fluoroscopy
Coronary Disease
Cineangiography
Cardiac Catheterization
Calcinosis

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Margolis, J. R., Chen, J. T., Kong, Y., Peter, R. H., Behar, V. S., & Kisslo, J. A. (1980). The diagnostic and prognostic significance of coronary artery calcification. A report of 800 cases. Radiology, 137(3), 609–616. https://doi.org/10.1148/radiology.137.3.7444045

Margolis, J. R., J. T. Chen, Y. Kong, R. H. Peter, V. S. Behar, and J. A. Kisslo. “The diagnostic and prognostic significance of coronary artery calcification. A report of 800 cases.” Radiology 137, no. 3 (December 1980): 609–16. https://doi.org/10.1148/radiology.137.3.7444045.

Margolis JR, Chen JT, Kong Y, Peter RH, Behar VS, Kisslo JA. The diagnostic and prognostic significance of coronary artery calcification. A report of 800 cases. Radiology. 1980 Dec;137(3):609–16.

Margolis, J. R., et al. “The diagnostic and prognostic significance of coronary artery calcification. A report of 800 cases.” Radiology, vol. 137, no. 3, Dec. 1980, pp. 609–16. Pubmed, doi:10.1148/radiology.137.3.7444045.

Margolis JR, Chen JT, Kong Y, Peter RH, Behar VS, Kisslo JA. The diagnostic and prognostic significance of coronary artery calcification. A report of 800 cases. Radiology. 1980 Dec;137(3):609–616.