Novo estudo desafia a ideia de que um escore de cálcio de zero seja suficiente para descartar obstrução coronariana em pacientes sintomáticos, sobretudo em adultos jovens.

Association of Age With the Diagnostic Value of Coronary Artery Calcium Score for Ruling Out Coronary Stenosis in Symptomatic Patients – JAMA Cardiology (link para o resumo – $ para o texto completo)

Comentário: Zero CAC Questionable for Ruling Out Obstructive CAD in Young Adults – TCTMD

Comentário do autor no Twitter (fio – clique para saber mais)

There has been a lot of discussion about our recent paper in JAMA Cardiology. In my opinion, much of the discussion is caused by a troublesome extrapolation of the results to the value of CAC in risk assessment in primary prevention. I will go through our findings in these tweets https://t.co/O0Rl12XYmV

— Martin Bødtker Mortensen (@MaBMortensen) November 1, 2021