Key features of the HealthCCSng V2.0 software include numerical coronary artery calcium (CAC) scoring, a new zero CAC category and user customization of upper and lower limits for CAC scoring categories.
For patients with stable chest pain, CT angiography demonstrated a nearly 40 percent higher sensitivity rate than exercise electrocardiography and over an 18 percent higher sensitivity rate than SPECT for detecting obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD).
While cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) demonstrated high pooled sensitivity and specificity rates for intraparenchymal hemorrhage in the systematic review, researchers noted higher false-negative rates for subarachnoid and intraventricular hemorrhages.
Automated CT-derived assessments may provide stronger stratification of diabetes and cardiometabolic risks than conventional predictive models, according to a new study of over 32,000 adults in Korea.