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However, most patients have some extent of coronary calcification.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Objectives<\/jats:title><jats:p>CACS percentiles could be useful to exclude abnormal perfusion in patients with CACS &amp;gt;0, but data from patients with <jats:sup>82<\/jats:sup>Rb PET are lacking. The aim of this study was to assess the diagnostic utility of CACS percentiles in comparison to zero calcium and absolute CACS classes.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>Consecutive patients with suspected CAD (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20091,792) referred for <jats:sup>82<\/jats:sup>Rb PET were included and analyzed for abnormal PET (SSS \u22654) and relevant ischemia (&amp;gt;10% myocardium). Test characteristics were calculated.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>The mean age was 65\u2009\u00b1\u200911\u2005years, 43% were female, and typical angina was reported in 21%. Abnormal PET\/relevant ischemia (&amp;gt;10%) were observed in 19.8%\/9.3%. Overall, the sensitivity\/negative predictive value (NPV) of a &amp;lt;25th percentile CACS to rule out abnormal PET and relevant ischemia were 93.0%\/95.7% and 98.2%\/99.5%, respectively. The sensitivity\/NPV of CACS 1\u20139 to rule out abnormal PET and relevant ischemia were 96.0%\/91.8% and 97.6%\/97.6%, respectively. Except for patients &amp;lt;50\u2005years old, sensitivity for abnormal PET was &amp;gt;90.9% in all age groups.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>In patients &amp;gt;50 years, the &amp;lt;25th percentile and CACS 1\u20139 had good test characteristics to rule out abnormal PET and relevant ischemia (&amp;gt;10%). 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