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Table 4 Automated total and per-vessel non-gated Agatston scores versus ECG-gated measurements

From: Automated total and vessel-specific coronary artery calcium (CAC) quantification on chest CT: direct comparison with CAC scoring on non-contrast cardiac CT

 

Agatston_ECG

Agatston_AI

P value

All CAC > 0a

Total (n = 184)

73.1(26.2–256.2)

63.3(11.6–221.8)

< 0.001

LM (n = 54)

41.2(9.3–114.7)

0(0–50.4)

< 0.001

LAD (n = 163)

56.6(15.3–147.2)

45.7(8.5–142.8)

0.18

CX (n = 86)

31(5.7–81.9)

17.5(0–73.9)

< 0.01

RCA (n = 98)

46(10–141.1)

14.8(0–79.5)

< 0.001

Risk Categoryb

1–99

Total (n = 103)

30.6(9.9–51.9)

13.9(0–39.5)

< 0.001

LM (n = 16)

8.3(1.9–27.3)

0(0–0)

< 0.001

LAD (n = 83)

17.1(4.4–38.8)

12(0–32.4)

< 0.01

CX (n = 32)

9.3(2.7–32.1)

0(0–21)

< 0.001

RCA (n = 37)

9.9(2.2–27.2)

0(0–14.4)

< 0.001

100–299

Total (n = 43)

163.3(140–245.9)

142.4(95–223.1)

0.02

LM (n = 15)

41.4(15.3–82.1)

0(0–49.2)

0.11

LAD (n = 42)

126.9(77.5–151.2)

99.7(43.8–145.5)

0.20

CX (n = 19)

23.7(12–33.9)

5.3(0–55.3)

0.26

RCA (n = 25)

50.7(11.7–105.2)

14.3(0–93.3)

0.02

≥ 300

Total (n = 38)

570.8(423.1–889.2)

519.1(310–922.7)

< 0.01

LM (n = 23)

103.2(58.1–220.6)

9.4(0–122.8)

0.08

LAD (n = 38)

270.5(141.8–444.7)

298(150.6–457.1)

0.24

CX (n = 35)

114.4(32.2–199.1)

81.5(17.4–184.7)

0.24

RCA (n = 36)

188.5(104.2–318.2)

78.8(18–222)

< 0.001

  1. ECG Electrocardiography, AI Artificial intelligence, CAC Coronary artery calcium