Coronary artery and thoracic aorta calcification is inversely related to coronary flow reserve as measured by 82Rb PET/CT in intermediate risk patients

Jongho Kim,Paco E. Bravo,Ali Gholamrezanezhad,Seil Sohn,Ash Rafique,Arlene Travis,Josef Machac

Coronary artery and thoracic aorta calcification is inversely related to coronary flow reserve as measured by 82Rb PET/CT in intermediate risk patients

2013

Jongho Kim
Paco E. Bravo
Ali Gholamrezanezhad
Seil Sohn
Ash Rafique
Arlene Travis
Josef Machac

Background The strength and nature of the relationship between myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI), coronary flow reserve (CFR), and coronary artery calcium (CAC) and thoracic aorta calcium (TAC) remain to be clarified.

Keywords:

Artery
Calcinosis
Internal medicine
Radiology
Cardiology
Calcium
Myocardial perfusion imaging
Coronary artery disease
Thoracic aorta calcification
Thoracic aorta
Medicine
Coronary flow reserve

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