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.
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Agatson Score." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central Redesign, 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; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/746638/all/Agatson_score. Accessed September 20, 2021.
Agatson score. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th edition). 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; 2021. [cited 2021 September 20]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/746638/all/Agatson_score.
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