High Prevalence of Coronary Artery Calcification in Saudi Patients with Normal Myocardial Perfusion

Ahmed Fathala,Salwa Q. Bukhari,Mohamed Shoukri,Hani El Sergani,Bandar Al-Ghamdi,Abdulaziz Al-Sugair

High Prevalence of Coronary Artery Calcification in Saudi Patients with Normal Myocardial Perfusion

2017

Ahmed Fathala
Salwa Q. Bukhari
Mohamed Shoukri
Hani El Sergani
Bandar Al-Ghamdi
Abdulaziz Al-Sugair

BACKGROUND: Normal single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) has a high negative predictive value for ischemic heart disease. Thus, the presence of subcl...

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Radiology
Diabetes mellitus
Artery calcification
Perfusion
Internal medicine
Cardiology
Medicine
high prevalence
Calcinosis
Emission computed tomography
Severity of illness
Coronary artery disease
Myocardial perfusion imaging

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