Half the patients with coronary artery disease present with sudden death - or acute infarction as first symptom, making early diagnosis pivotal. Myocardial perfusion scintigraphy is frequently used in the assessment of these patients, but it does not detect the disease without flow restriction, exposes the patient to high levels of radiation and is costly. On the other hand, with less radiologi...

Abstract Introduction Aortic valve calcium scoring by multislice computed tomography (MSCT) is an alternative load independent assessment of aortic stenosis severity. Recent studies have further demonstrated that calcification related to adverse outcomes during and after transcatheter implantation (TAVI), however reference values in this population are uncertain. This study aimed assess P refer...