Plaque densityType 2 diabetesMortalityBackground: Coronary artery calcified plaque (CAC) is strongly predictive of cardiovascular disease (CVD) events and mortality, both in general populations and individuals with type 2 diabetes at high risk for CVD. CAC is typically reported as an Agatston score,...
Association of coronary artery calcified plaque with clinical coronary heart disease in the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute's Family Heart Study. Am J Cardiol 2006;97:1564- 1569.Hopkins PN, Ellison RC, Province MA, et al. Association of coronary artery calcified plaque with clinical ...
Carr JJ, Nelson JC, Wong ND, McNitt-Gray M, Arad Y, Jacobs DR, Sidney S, Bild DE, Williams OD, Detrano RC: Calcified coronary artery plaque measurement with cardiac CT in population-based studies: standardized protocol of multi-ethnic study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) and coronary artery ris...
Furthermore, it eliminates the assumption that the association between coronary plaque and CVD events is more significant in low-density calcified plaques than in high-density plaques. CAC Agatston and CAC volume do not reflect direct physical measurements of calcification because of the effects of ...
43 Coronary artery calcium was associated with all-cause mortality in those with CAC scores of 100 or more, who generally died of CHD. The association of CAC with CHD strengthened as the burden of calcified plaque increased. These findings support the potential use of CAC as a biomarker of ...
1.(Biochemistry) the process of calcifying or becoming calcified 2.(Geological Science) the process of calcifying or becoming calcified 3.(Physiology)pathola tissue hardened by deposition of lime salts 4.(Geological Science) any calcified object or formation ...
Calcified coronary artery plaque, measured at cardiac computed tomography (CT), is a predictor of cardiovascular disease and may play an increasing role in cardiovascular disease risk assessment. The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) and the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults ...
[87]. The authors intended to elucidate how well absence of CAC predicts the absence of obstructive non-calcified coronary artery plaque (NCAP). Compared with patients with absent CAC, those with a low CAC score had markedly increased rates of critical luminal stenoses (8.7% vs. 0.5%,P< ...
Calcified atherosclerotic plaque (CP) is less prevalent and less severe in African-Americans (AA), relative to European Americans (EA). Because pericardial adipose tissue (PAT) is associated with CP in the neighboring coronary arteries, we explored ethnic-specific relationships between PAT and CP. ...
Fig. 1.A 59-year-old male with dyslipidemia and hypertension received a Coronary Artery Calcium Scoring (CACS) scan. (A) Axial noncontrast image of the heart showing a calcified plaque in the left main (arrow) and left anterior descending (arrowhead) coronary arteries. (B) Axial noncontrast...