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Aj 130 Calcium Score. Coronary artery calcium score results. SmartScore 40 is designed to identify the presence of regional and global coronary artery calcification from a CT scan then measure and score the results. The mean score standard deviation was 135 377 and the median was 4 25 th 75 th percentile. Scores are then used to define severity as follows.
With the predicted chance of an event over 10 years estimated to be around 2-6. Understand the meaning of your Agatston score. Contiguous voxels 130 HU are defined as a calcified lesion. The coronary calcium scan is a better predictor of coronary events than cholesterol screening or other risk factor assessments. A calcium score sometimes called an Agatston score is calculated based on the amount of plaque observed in the CT scan. However this method is particularly sensitive to the partial volume especially in plaques with high attenuation and subject to variability.
The prevalence of zero scores ranged from 80 among women younger than 50 years to 5 among men 70 years old or older.
Grading of coronary artery disease based on total calcium score. According to the American Heart Association if your Agatston score. Coronary calcium score reflects the total amount of calcium within the walls of the coronary arteries taken together to provide a single number. Your doctor may decide that a second calcium score scan after a few years might be helpful to compare the results with the previous scan. Coronary artery calcium score results. Coronary artery calcium scores ranged from 0 to 4058.