Taber's Medical Dictionary
Agatson score
(ag′ăt-sŏn )
[Arthur S. Agatson, U.S. cardiologist, b. 1947]
The sum of the amount of calcification seen in cross sections of the right, left anterior descending, and left circumflex coronary arteries (as seen in computed tomography). The greater the score, the higher the risk of future heart disease.
Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Agatson Score." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/746638/all/Agatson_score.
Agatson score. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/746638/all/Agatson_score. Accessed May 12, 2025.
Agatson score. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/746638/all/Agatson_score
Agatson Score [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2025 May 12]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/746638/all/Agatson_score.
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