Guidelines For Assessment Of Cardiovascular Risk In Asymptomatic Adults

ACCF/AHA guidelines - nice summary of current thoughts.

Similar guidelines were published recently by the European Society of Cardiology.

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Figure 6  2

Images above show non-invasive cardiac imaging using CT, compared (bottom) to invasive coronary angiography - 'A'. Note the distal left main stem 'soft' plaque visible on the contrast CT - 'C', invisible on the non-contrast calcium scoring CT scan in 'B'.

Dangerous plaques are missed by calcium scoring alone in maybe 5% scans in symptomatic subjects.