Assessment of Coronary Artery XXXX on Low-Dose Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography With Iterative Reconstruction.

@entity453 @entity2073 @entity460
OBJECTIVE: This study aims to evaluate whether coronary @entity460 scoring (CCS) is also feasible using low-radiation-dose coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) in combination with iterative reconstruction. METHODS: Forty-three individuals without known @entity453 underwent both noncontrast CCS (  1 @entity2073 ) for reference Agatston scores and low-dose CCTA (  3 @entity2073 ). Raw CCTA data were reconstructed with filtered back projection (FBP), hybrid iterative reconstruction (HIR), and model-based iterative reconstruction (MIR). Calcification volumes were derived with thresholds of >351 and >600 Hounsfield units (HU) and converted to proxy Agatston scores with linear regression analysis. RESULTS: Intraclass correlation coefficients for Agatston scores versus CCTA volumes with FBP and iterative reconstruction were excellent (ranges 0.94-0.99 and 0.96-0.99 for >351 HU and >600 HU thresholds, respectively). The >351 HU threshold resulted in higher CCTA volume scores ranging from 65.9 (15.1-347.0) for HIR to 94.8 (42.0-423.0) for MIR (P = 0.001 and <0.001, respectively). The >600 HU threshold scores ranged from 14.1 (0.0-159.3) for HIR to 28.6 (0.0-215.6) for MIR (P = 0.003 and 0.027, respectively). At >351 HU, reclassification occurred in 21 individuals (49%) for FBP and HIR and 25 individuals (58%) for MIR. Reclassifications decreased with >600 HU to 10 (HIR, 23%), 8 (FBP, 19%), and 4 (MIR, 9%). CONCLUSIONS: The CCS is feasible using iteratively reconstructed low-dose CCTA with a @entity460 threshold of >600 HU. Using MIR, only 9% of individuals were reclassified.
