Cardiac calcium score on 2D echo: correlations with cardiac and coronary calcium at multi-detector computed tomography

Table 1 Grading system of cardiac and aortic root calcium on echocardiographic examination

Grade	Papillary muscle calcium	Mitral annular calcium	Aortic valve sclerosis	Aorta root calcium
0	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent
1	Present	Mild < 5 mm	Mild	Present
2		Moderate 5–10 mm	Moderate
3		Severe > 10 mm	Severe

Aortic valve sclerosis graded as follows: Absent = Normal cusp thickness (<2 mm), and normal reflectivity; Mild = Cusp thickness >2 mm and/or increased reflectivity; Moderate = Thickness >4 mm and/or diffuse or focal cusp hyperreflectivity; Severe = Thickness >6 mm and/or marked echoreflectivity. Final score was graded from 0 to 8.

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