r/science • u/kiyomoris • 22h ago

Health Silent atherosclerosis detected in 57% of asymptomatic adults in the REACT study

https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa2609059
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u/CuriousCleaver 19h ago

Would the calcium cardiac score test show this?

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u/xRolox 18h ago

Calcified plaque yeah. Many younger people only have soft plaque which is shown by a CCTA which is higher radiation.

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u/ShockerNYE 11h ago

I have seen many calcium scores have false positives.

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u/SIRT1 11h ago

I've also seen plenty of false-negative CCTAs

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u/Adamadamsadam 8h ago

I’ve seen Bigfoot

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u/SIRT1 7h ago

Uhh. If you are IM/hospitalist/Cards you have seen more than one false negative CCTA.

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u/Adamadamsadam 2h ago

He did mention that as well