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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Warren Janowitz, first reported in 1991, resulted in the Agatston Score, a method for screening for coronary calcium that is currently used throughout the world and considered by many experts to be an important predictor of heart disease.
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Data analysis included calcium volume, calcium mass, Agatston score and number of lesions.
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The scoring programs are typically used for coronary artery calcification quantification and generate both an Agatston score (reported as Agatston Units, AU) and volumetric score (reported as m[m.
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Also at baseline, 57% of participants had no coronary artery calcium; 22% had an Agatston score of 0-10: 12% scored 11-99: and 8% scored 100 or greater.
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In addition, year 15 paraoxonase activity was not associated with progression of CAC (defined as an increase in Agatston score >10 U) over a 5-year period (odds ratio for 53 nmol/mL/min increase in paraoxonase activity 0.
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Because 47% of participants with any CAC had a low Agatston score of <20 (83% had an Agatston score <100), primary analyses used CAC presence or absence as the dependent variable to ascertain the proportion of participants who had any CAC for each sex group within quartiles of [F.
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48) However the specificity of CTA is reduced in the presence of coronary artery calcium if the Agatston score is >400.
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Agatston score and renal calculi volumes were calculated by means of computed tomography without contrast enhancement.
Koroner arter kalsifikasyon skoru bobrek taslarinin tipini ongorebilir mi? / Can coronary artery calcification score predict the type of renal stones?
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