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December 8, 2025Journal of Cardiovascular Development and DiseaseOpen Access

Coronary Artery Calcification on Non-Cardiac Gated CT Thorax Scans: A Single Tertiary Centre Retrospective Observational Study

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JHJack HartnettCMCatherine McGorrian

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Overview

Retrospective study reports 19.4% of medical inpatients with CAC on thoracic scans, indicating a need for improved risk assessment and functional testing strategies.

Key Points

  • To assess the prevalence of incidental coronary artery calcification (CAC) in general medical inpatients and evaluate management of these findings.
  • Retrospective observational study of general medical inpatients aged 40–75 with non-cardiac gated CT scans.
  • Data collected from local electronic health records over a 2-month period.
  • Exclusion of patients with known ischaemic heart disease.
  • 186 patients underwent thoracic CT scans; 53 (28.4%) had CAC reported.
  • 36 (19.4%) were considered for further analysis without functional testing booked.
  • Cardiovascular risk factors checked in less than half of patients who had CAC.

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Hartnett et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/693624ce4fa91c937236cdf7https://doi.org/10.3390/jcdd12120480
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