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September 10, 2025Journal of Personalized MedicineOpen Access

Calcium Hides the Clue: Unraveling the Diagnostic Value of Coronary Calcium Scoring in Cardiac Arrest Survivors

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AMA M MartinsJRJ RigueiraBSBeatriz Valente Silva

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Overview

Retrospective analysis finds coronary calcium scoring predicts coronary artery disease in survivors, suggesting enhanced risk assessment.

Key Points

  • Quantitative coronary calcium assessment significantly predicted coronary lesions in survivors, with an AUC of 0.90.
  • In a cohort of 44 patients, 34% had significant coronary lesions revealed by angiography after presenting with cardiac arrest.
  • The visual assessment of moderate or severe coronary calcium was associated with an odds ratio of 2.66 for predicting significant lesions.
  • Presence of severe calcification correlated well with identified culprit vessels on angiography, enhancing diagnostic precision.

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Martins et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68c23b8fb210217d647857bchttps://doi.org/10.3390/jpm15090422
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