Coronary artery calcium score and pre-test probabilities as gatekeepers to predict and rule out perfusion defects in positron emission tomography

• DOI: 10.1007/s12350-023-03322-3
• Publication Date: 2023-07-06T20:23:31Z
• Authors: Olivier F. Clerc; Simon M. Frey; Ursina Honegger; Melissa L.F. Amrein; Federico Caobelli; Philip Haaf; Michael J. Zellweger
• Keywords: Male; 610 Medicine & health; Bayes Theorem; Coronary Artery Disease; Middle Aged; 16. Peace & justice; United States; 3. Good health; Perfusion; Positron-Emission Tomography; Humans; Original Article; Female; Calcium; Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Little is known about the gatekeeper performance of coronary artery calcium score (CACS) before myocardial perfusion positron emission tomography (PET), compared with updated pre-test probabilities from American and European guidelines (pre-test-AHA/ACC, pre-test-ESC).