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Concern about safety, cost, and efficacy regarding calcium scoring for cardiac disease. Concerns that technology is rapidly diffusing, has a radiation risk (especially cumulative) and is costly. Cardiac calcium scoring uses a CT to check for the buildup of calcium in plaque on the coronary arteries. This test identifies and quantifies a marker of coronary disease (plaque), believed to detect earlier stage of CAD. Significant questions involve whether early intervention provides better health outcomes or would lead to additional but unnecessary interventions, especially invasive interventions that involve risk of harm: e.g. before disease becomes clinically apparent, is intervention through a combination of non-invasive (lifestyle and medication) or invasive (angiography, stent, CABG) approaches appropriate.
- Draft Report Published: August 10, 2009
- Public Comment Period: August 10th - August 24th, 2009
- Final Report Published: September 4, 2009
- HTCC Public Meeting: November 20, 2009
Primary Criteria Ranking
Safety = Med
Efficacy = High
Cost = High
Documents
Final Appendices (450.3 KB)
Final Key Questions (46.8 KB)
Final Evidence Report (589.1 KB)
Peer Review and Public Comments & Reponses (284.9 KB)
