Comments on: Coronary Artery Calcification Screening: Estimated Radiation Dose and Cancer Risk http://www.thepreparedminds.com/archives/612 In the field of observation, chance favors the prepared minds. Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:45:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Paul Schoenhagen, MD http://www.thepreparedminds.com/archives/612/comment-page-1#comment-478 Paul Schoenhagen, MD Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:35:16 +0000 http://www.thepreparedminds.com/?p=612#comment-478 Interesting and controversial paper! Read also the associated editorial comment: Calcium scoring with computed tomography: what is the radiation risk? Gibbons RJ, Gerber TC. Arch Intern Med. 2009 Jul 13;169(13):1185-7. PMID: <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19597066" rel="nofollow">19597066</a> Gibbons and Gerber recommend that "Physicians dedicated to the practice of evidence-based medicine should carefully review the ACC and AHA clinical practice guidelines on the detection of asymptomatic coronary artery disease that will be published late in 2009 or early in 2010." Interesting and controversial paper!
Read also the associated editorial comment:
Calcium scoring with computed tomography: what is the radiation risk?
Gibbons RJ, Gerber TC.
Arch Intern Med. 2009 Jul 13;169(13):1185-7.
PMID: 19597066

Gibbons and Gerber recommend that “Physicians dedicated to the practice of evidence-based medicine should carefully review the ACC and AHA clinical practice guidelines on the detection of asymptomatic coronary artery disease that will be published late in 2009 or early in 2010.”

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