The coronary calcium score is the new standard for assessing cardiac risk. It is performed with a computed tomography (CT) scanner and special software to determine if the coronary arteries are blocked or narrowed by the buildup of plaque—an indicator for atherosclerosis or coronary artery disease...
Coronary artery calcium scoreHeartScoreMultislice CT coronary angiographyCoronary atherosclerosis is the number one leading cause of death. According to estimates, if all primary cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) had been eradicated, life expectancy could increase by nearly seven years. Long asymptomatic ...
(Likert score: 4). (B). Substantial motion artifacts limit the interpretability of the LAD in a 59-year-old female patient with a bpm of 67/min (Likert score: 2). DCCT, dedicated cardiac CT; MDCT, multidetector CT; bpm, beats/min; LV, left ventricle. LAD, anterior descending; LCX,...
4a). The fetal cardiac cycle has a typical duration between 330 and 540 ms meaning that the implemented bSSFP acquisition collects ~5–7 frames per heartbeat. By comparison, cine imaging in adult hearts, where the cardiac cycle is longer, can typically be configured to collect >30 frames ...
Meaning Findings suggest that empagliflozin provides low economic value compared with standard of care for HFpEF, largely due to the lack of benefit on mortality and small benefit on quality of life. Abstract Importance In the Empagliflozin Outcome Trial in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure With Pr...
Introduction African American individuals are at greater risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) than non-Hispanic White individuals; however, established risk prediction models, such as the Framingham risk score, do not fully capture their risk.1-5 The AHA/ACC (American College of Cardiology/American...
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A score appraising Paleolithic diet and the risk of cardiovascular disease in a Mediterranean prospective cohort Abstract Purpose:To assess the association between a score appraising adherence to the PaleoDiet and the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in a Mediterranean cohort. ...
Williams MC, Golay SK, Hunter A, et al. Observer variability in the assessment of CT coronary angiography and coronary artery calcium score: substudy of the Scottish Computed Tomography of the HEART (SCOT-HEART) trial. Open Heart. 2015;2(1):e000234. doi:10.1136/openhrt-2014...
Meaning In middle-aged to older adults, the coronary artery calcium score but not the polygenic risk score improved CHD risk discrimination. Abstract Importance Coronary artery calcium score and polygenic risk score have each separately been proposed as novel markers to identify risk of coronary heart...