Diagnostic yield of referring patients for invasive coronary angiography primarily based on high CAC scores: Positive predictive value for obstructive coronary artery disease in a consecutive real-life cohort
Even at extreme thresholds (>2000 AU), CAC alone did not reliably identify oCAD in patients with low to moderate RF-CL. CAC remains valuable for refining pre-test probability and guiding the selection of appropriate non-invasive testing.
Authors
- Matthieu Besutti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0072-5007)
- Romain Chopard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8358-515X)
- Fiona Ecarnot (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4224-9731)
- S. Lagrange
- Nicolas Piriou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6677-6552)
- Benoît Guillon
- Camille Barthod
Institutions
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Besançon (FR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal of Cardiology
- Published
- 2025-10-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcard.2025.133979
- Primary Topic
- Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00