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Coronary calcium scores in patients with normal myocardial perfusion
Journal article

Coronary calcium scores in patients with normal myocardial perfusion

Thomas F. Heston, Jennifer Merrill, Frank Bengel and R.L. Wahl
Journal of Nuclear Medicine, Vol.50, p.1160
2009

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Cardiology Health and Medicine
Objectives Normal myocardial perfusion is associated with a low cardiac risk, whereas increasing coronary calcium scores (CCS) are associated with an increased risk. Using a hybrid SPECT-CT system, we looked at the CCS among patients with normal myocardial perfusion to identify possibly explanatory risk factors.

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