Medical Literature

Coronary Calcification Predicts Heart Risk Across Ethnic Groups

http://www.medpagetoday.com/Cardiology/CoronaryArteryDisease/tb/8916

Coronary Calcium Screening Seen Useful Beginning Between Age 40 and 50  CME

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/513292

AHA Scientific Statement – October 2006

Assessment of Coronary Artery Disease by Cardiac Computed Tomography A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association Committee on Cardiovascular Imaging and Intervention, Council on Cardiovascular Radiology and Intervention, and Committee on Cardiac Imaging, Council on Clinical Cardiology

http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/full/114/16/1761

Coronary artery calcium scanning: Clinical paradigms for cardiac risk assessment and treatment.

Lenox Hill Heart and Vascular Institute, New York, NY 10021, USA.

http://lib.bioinfo.pl/pmid:16781212

Coronary Artery Calcium Score Combined With Framingham Score for Risk Prediction in Asymptomatic Individuals

http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/291/2/210

Coronary Calcium Independently Predicts Incident Premature Coronary Heart Disease Over Measured Cardiovascular Risk Factors

Study by Taylor, et al
Journal of Amer College Cardiology, Sept 2005

http://content.onlinejacc.org/cgi/content/abstract/46/5/807

Coronary Calcification, Coronary Disease Risk Factors , C-Reactive Protein and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Events

Study by Arad et al
Journal of Amer College Cardiology, July 2005

http://content.onlinejacc.org/cgi/content/abstract/46/1/158

Using the Coronary Artery Calcium Score to Predict Coronary Heart Disease Events

Study by Pletcher, et al
Archives of Internal Medicine, July 2004

http://archinte.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/164/12/1285

Coronary Age as a Risk Factor in the Modified Framingham Score

Schisterman et al
BMC Medical Imaging, April 2004

http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2342/4/1

Progression of Coronary Artery Calcium and Risk of First Myocardial Infarction in Patients Receiving Cholesterol Lowering Therapy

Study by Raggi, et al
ATVB, July, 2004

http://hyper.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/46/1/238

EBT Coronary Calcium and Cardiac Events

Study by Kondos, et al
Circulation, May 2003

http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/107/20/2571

Coronary Calcium and Cardiac Events

Editorial
Circulation, May 2003

http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/short/107/20/2528

St Francis Heart Study

Study by Alan Guerci
Presented at American College of Cardiology
Annual Meeting, April 2003

http://www.stfrancisheartcenter.com/utility/news/news/archive/newstudyfastct.html

Comparison of Coronary Artery Calcium Detected by Electron Beam Tomography in Patients With to Those Without Symptomatic Coronary Heart Disease

Study by Cheng, et al,
Am. Journal of Cardiol, Sept 2003

http://www.ajconline.org/article/S0002-9149(03)00714-8/abstract

Prognostic Value of Cardiac Risk Factors and Coronary Artery Calcium Screening for All-Cause Mortality

by Shaw, et al
Radiology, March 2003

http://radiology.rsnajnls.org/cgi/content/abstract/2283021006v1

Metabolic Syndrome and Subclinical CAD  Assessed by EBT

by Wong, et al
JACC, May 2003

http://content.onlinejacc.org/cgi/content/full/41/6/1008

Combined Use of Computed Tomography Coronary Calcium Scores and C-Reactive Protein Levels in Predicting Cardiovascular Events in Nondiabetic Individuals

by Detrano, et al
Circulation, Oct 2002

http://www.circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/106/16/2073