Agatston, Arthur

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Agatston,

Arthur, U.S. cardiologist.

Agatston score - in CT scanning, the measure of coronary calcium present.

Agatston method - protocol used for screening of coronary calcium.

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The calcium score for each subject was the sum of calcium scores of the left main, left anterior descending, left circumflex and right coronary arteries according to the Agatston method as previously described (19).

Serum uric acid level is an independent risk factor for presence of calcium in coronary arteries: an observational case-controlled study/Serum urik asit duzeyi koroner arter kalsiyum varligmin bagimsiz bir belirleyicisidir: bir gozlemsel vaka kontrollu calisma

His pioneering work in noninvasive cardiac imaging has resulted in computerized tomography scanning methods and measures that bear his name: the Agatston Score and the Agatston Method, which are used for screening coronary calcium, are recognized worldwide.