Calcium in the coronary circulation roughly tracks the amount of plaque – the higher the score, the more plaque. Obviously, a score of "zero" is optimal, and a score of >300 (or >400, depending upon who you listen to) warrants further work-up, like a treadmill test or nuclear study.

The Left Anterior Descending (LAD) artery, often visualized in a Coronary Calcium Scan, is a crucial blood vessel in the heart's circulatory system, renowned for its role in supplying blood to a large portion of the heart muscle.

2022年8月4日 · Your left anterior descending (LAD) artery is one of two branches of your left main coronary artery. Anterior means the artery supplies blood to the front portion of your heart. It's the biggest supplier of oxygenated blood to your heart’s lower left pumping chamber or ventricle.

2017年2月5日 · What Do The CT Coronary Artery Calcium Scores Mean? A calcium score of 0 means there is no calcified plaque in the arteries. A calcium score of 1-10 means minimal plaque. A calcium score of 11-100 means mild plaque. A calcium score of 101-400 means moderate plaque. A calcium score of >400 means severe plaque.

2015年2月11日 · Article by cardiologist describing the LAD artery, what it is, its role in the heart, LAD blockages, and excellent pictures of the LAD.

2015年2月11日 · LAD stands for left anterior descending artery. It is a coronary artery, which is the name given to arteries that supply the heart muscle with blood. The LAD is considered the most important of the three main coronary arteries and is almost always the largest.

2019年7月7日 · Extensive calcium in the LAD coronary artery is highlighted in yellow and in the circumflex coronary artery in teal. His score was 201, higher than 99% of white male his age.

main artery (LMA), left anterior descending artery (LAD), left circumflex artery (LCX), right coronary artery (RCA), and their branches — are scored to provide per-segment scores as well as a total score of all coronary segments (