The Zero Calcium Score Paradox

Rachad Ghazal, MD; Danish Bawa, MD; Adnan Ahmed, MD; Dhanunjaya Lakkireddy, MD; Vasvi Singh, MD

JACC: Case Reports (Mar 2024)

The Zero Calcium Score Paradox

Rachad Ghazal, MD,
Danish Bawa, MD,
Adnan Ahmed, MD,
Dhanunjaya Lakkireddy, MD,
Vasvi Singh, MD

Affiliations

Rachad Ghazal, MD: Kansas City Heart Rhythm Institute and Research Foundation, Overland Park, Kansas, USA
Danish Bawa, MD: Kansas City Heart Rhythm Institute and Research Foundation, Overland Park, Kansas, USA
Adnan Ahmed, MD: Kansas City Heart Rhythm Institute and Research Foundation, Overland Park, Kansas, USA
Dhanunjaya Lakkireddy, MD: Kansas City Heart Rhythm Institute and Research Foundation, Overland Park, Kansas, USA
Vasvi Singh, MD: Midwest Heart and Vascular Specialists, HCA Midwest Health, Overland Park, Kansas, USA; Address for correspondence: Dr Vasvi Singh, Midwest Heart and Vascular Specialists, HCA Midwest Health, 5100 W 110th Street, Suite 200, Overland Park, Kansas 66211, USA.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 29, no. 5
p. 102233

Abstract

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Our study presents a case of angina with a zero calcium score yet severe coronary stenosis from noncalcified plaque. We highlight the limitation of otherwise prognostically powerful coronary calcium score as a singular predictive tool especially when used in symptomatic patients.

Published in JACC: Case Reports

ISSN: 2666-0849 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/jacc-case-reports

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