Coronary Calcium Scoring in 2017
Coronary artery calcification (CAC) is as an independent risk predictor of cardiovascular disease and can classify an individual's risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, particularly in intermediate-risk individuals. Also, CAC progression is associated with greater rates of cardiovascu...
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| Series: | Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications |
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| author | Kazuhiro Osawa Rine Nakanishi Matthew Budoff |
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| description | Coronary artery calcification (CAC) is as an independent risk predictor of cardiovascular disease and can classify an individual's risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, particularly in intermediate-risk individuals. Also, CAC progression is associated with greater rates of cardiovascular events. This article provides available data and expert recommendations for CAC based on current publications. We focus on the utility of CAC for stratification of individuals and describe its diagnostic value in identifying patients at risk. We also describe the important ability of CAC to derisk a patient with a score of zero. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a065cf3ae7814c65baafcabeec45ded62023-06-28T13:56:42ZengCompuscript LtdCardiovascular Innovations and Applications2009-86182009-87822016-11-012110110.15212/CVIA.2016.0047Coronary Calcium Scoring in 2017Kazuhiro OsawaRine NakanishiMatthew BudoffCoronary artery calcification (CAC) is as an independent risk predictor of cardiovascular disease and can classify an individual's risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, particularly in intermediate-risk individuals. Also, CAC progression is associated with greater rates of cardiovascular events. This article provides available data and expert recommendations for CAC based on current publications. We focus on the utility of CAC for stratification of individuals and describe its diagnostic value in identifying patients at risk. We also describe the important ability of CAC to derisk a patient with a score of zero.https://www.scienceopen.com/hosted-document?doi=10.15212/CVIA.2016.0047 |
| spellingShingle | Kazuhiro Osawa Rine Nakanishi Matthew Budoff Coronary Calcium Scoring in 2017 Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications |
| title | Coronary Calcium Scoring in 2017 |
| title_full | Coronary Calcium Scoring in 2017 |
| title_fullStr | Coronary Calcium Scoring in 2017 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Coronary Calcium Scoring in 2017 |
| title_short | Coronary Calcium Scoring in 2017 |
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