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BNMS Statement: Coronary and Cardiac Calcification

26 March 2021   (2 Comments)
Posted by: Caroline Oxley

Please find below the BNMS statement response to The British Society of Cardiovascular Imaging/British Society of Cardiac Computed Tomography (BSCI/BSCCT) and British Society of Thoracic Imaging (BSTI) recently published guidance for Radiologists regarding the reporting of incidental coronary and cardiac calcification on routine thoracic CT (Williams et al. 2021).

BNMS Statement: Coronary and Cardiac Calcification

Comments...

Arum Parthipun says...
Posted 30 March 2021
It can be difficult to distinguish coronary stents from coronary artery calcification. Without a good history it is difficult and we need to be aware of the limitations.
Chen Low says...
Posted 27 March 2021
Just a caveat that with the low dose CT for the SPECT-CT and PET-CT, it can be the case that even with no coronary calcification seen, there can be mild calcification. Saying no coronary calcification when none is seen can give false reassurance.

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