LEFT-VENTRICULAR SIZE DETERMINED BY ELECTRON-BEAM COMPUTED-TOMOGRAPHYPREDICTS SIGNIFICANT CORONARY-ARTERY DISEASE AND EVENTS

Authors
WOO P MAO SS WANG SJ DETRANO RC
Citation
P. Woo et al., LEFT-VENTRICULAR SIZE DETERMINED BY ELECTRON-BEAM COMPUTED-TOMOGRAPHYPREDICTS SIGNIFICANT CORONARY-ARTERY DISEASE AND EVENTS, The American journal of cardiology, 79(9), 1997, pp. 1236
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
The American journal of cardiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00029149
Volume
79
Issue
9
Year of publication
1997
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9149(1997)79:9<1236:LSDBEC>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
A novel method in the measurement of left ventricular (LV) area using noncontrast electron beam computed tomography (EBCT) was introduced an d studied as a diagnostic and prognostic marker for coronary artery di sease. Larger LV area measured by noncontrast EBCT was significantly a ssociated with angiographic coronary disease and was a better predicto r of coronary disease events than log calcium score.