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When should we integrate CT calcium scoring into routine outpatient practice to arbitrate severity of aortic stenosis?

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Cardiology · Yale University School of Medicine

CT Aortic valve calcium scoring can be especially useful in cases of low flow/low gradient aortic stenosis or in cases where the severity of AS on echocardiography is equivocal. I don’t think there is a need for routine use in cases of unequivocal severe AS except perhaps in asymptomatic patients to...

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