Coronary artery calcium data and reporting system: Strengths and limitations

• 作者: Subramaniyan Ramanathan
• 来源期刊: 世界放射学杂志:英文版(电子版)
• 学科: 工学
• 关键词: CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM REPORTING system Agatston SCORE Strengths LIMITATIONS Management
• 年，卷（期）: 2019,（10）
• 页码范围: 126-133
• 页数: 8页
• 分类号: TP3

摘要

Coronary artery calcium data and reporting system(CAC-DRS)is a recently introduced standardized reporting system for calcium scoring on computed tomography.CAC-DRS provides four risk categories(0,1,2 and 3)along with treatment recommendations for each category.As with any other new reporting platform,CAC-DRS has both advantages and disadvantages.Improved communication,better clarity of details,organized management recommendations and utility in future research and education are the major strengths of CAC-DRS.It has many limitations such as questionable need for a new system,few missing components,use of a less accurate visual method and treatment suggestions based on expert opinion instead of clinical trials.In this contemporary review,we discuss the new reporting system CAC-DRS,its application,strengths and limitations and conclude with some remarks for the future.