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Department of Radiology, 1A71 School of Medicine, University of Utah School of
Medicine, 50 N. Medical Dr., Salt Lake City, UT 84132.
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Department of Radiological Sciences, B2-247 CHS, UCLA School of Medicine,
10833 Le Conte Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90095.
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Department of Radiological Sciences and Biomathematics, B2-200 CHS, UCLA
School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90095.
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Department of Cardiology, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
90095.
OBJECTIVE. We evaluated interscan variation in coronary artery calcium scores in a large screening population as determined by electron beam CT.
MATERIALS AND METHODS. One thousand patients (average age, 53 years; age range, 18-85 years) who were asymptomatic for coronary artery disease underwent two consecutive scans of the heart on an electron beam CT scanner. Scans were performed with ECG gating, breath-hold, 3-mm collimation, and 100-msec exposure. Two contiguous pixels with density values greater than 130 H were used as the minimum criterion for a calcific lesion. The calcium score was determined on a vessel-by-vessel basis for both scans of each patient. Interscan variation in calcium and vessels involved with calcification was evaluated on the basis of age, sex, and average calcium score.
RESULTS. The percentage of difference between calcium scores in scans was 28.4% and 43.0% for women and men, respectively. For the individual epicardial arteries (left main, left anterior descending, circumflex, and right coronary), the percentage of difference for calcium scores was 20.2-24.2% for women and 30.5-44.9% for men. A difference between the two scans in at least one vessel of the total coronary arteries identified with calcium was noted in 31% of patients.
CONCLUSION. Interscan variability in calcium scores may be important in the determination of risk stratification. Subjects with a nonzero calcium score may benefit from undergoing two scans at the time of initial imaging.
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