A commonly used scoring system is the Agatston scoring system which quantifies both the number and density of coronary artery calcifications present to provide an overall score related to severity of coronary artery calcification. This score has been shown to be an imaging biomarker for coronary ar...
CACS可以预测未来发生心血管事件的风险,并用于指导治疗和管理决策。 总结来说,“coronary artery calcification score”是指冠状动脉钙化评分,用于评估冠状动脉钙化的程度或严重性,并提供心血管疾病风险的预测和指导治疗决策的依据。常见的冠状动脉钙化评分方法包括Agatston Score和CACS。
Coronary artery calcification (CAC) is an established marker of subclinical atherosclerosis and an independent predictor of future coronary heart disease in the asymptomatic primary prevention population, particularly in the intermediate risk cohort. CAC also helps in reclassifying those patients and their ...
Coronary calcification can be seen in adolescents, although it usually starts later in life. For many years, arterial calcification was thought to result from a degenerative process associated with aging. However, recent evidence suggests a more active process, likely arising from inflammation of the ...
Related to coronary artery calcification:coronary artery disease cal·ci·fi·ca·tion (kăl′sə-fĭ-kā′shən) n. 1. a.Impregnation with calcium or calcium salts, as with calcium carbonate. b.Hardening, as of tissue, by such impregnation. ...
The presence of coronary artery calcification is age- and gender-dependent. This calcification is present in 90% of men and 67% of women older than 70; the difference is attributed to the protective effect of estrogen in premenopausal women. The Women's Health Initiative demonstrated a lower me...
In general, the extent of the calcification of coronary arteries is closely related to the severity of coronary arteries' stenosis, although this relationship is not always present. This article is a review of the mechanism of coronary artery calcification, ...
Dyslipidemia and abnormal cholesterol metabolism are closely related to coronary artery calcification (CAC) and are also critical factors in cardiovascular disease death. In recent years, the atherogenic index of plasma (AIP) has been widely used to evaluate vascular sclerosis. This study aimed to inv...
All patients with clinically significant disease at angiography (defined as at least one stenosis with a diameter narrowing of at least 50%) had some coronary artery calcification present at ultrafast CT (100% sensitivity in this population). The absence of calcification at ultrafast CT had a 100...
The value of coronary artery calcium in the elderly population The assessment of coronary calcification may have particular value in the elderly population. The potential for prevention of CHD in older adults is large, since even a small reduction in risk factor levels results in a considerable red...