... BioMed), said previous studies had found measuring coronary arterial calcium with computed tomography (CT) heart ... calcium scan. Among these research volunteers, 3,570 were age 70 or older.
In total, ...
... accompanying editorial.
"Accurate definition of the risks, benefits and costs of the use of coronary artery calcium scanning with computed tomography in asymptomatic individuals remains an elusive ...
... study in the same issue of JASN shows that high-normal phosphorus levels are also linked to increased coronary artery calcium in healthy adults without kidney disease. Both studies ...
... .
Dr. Hacker and colleagues set out to determine if calcium scoring would lend additional prognostic ... 260 patients with CAD underwent coronary artery calcium scoring in addition to SPECT myocardial ...
... based on computer modeling of radiation risk suggests that widespread screening for the buildup of calcium in the arteries using computed tomography scans would lead to an estimated 42 additional ...
... artery calcium scores of 0 indicate no plaque, 1-9 minimal, 10- ...
Recent evidence has demonstrated that screening with coronary artery calcium is a better prognosticator of risk than the Framingham ...
... stroke:
A 17 percent greater risk of coronary artery calcium, which may be a marker of coronary artery disease
A 45 percent greater risk of having artery walls thicker than the 80th ...
... “high risk.”
“We added imaging of coronary artery calcium, as recommended by the SHAPE task force, ... readjust cholesterol goals to lower levels.”
Coronary calcium scans use computerized tomography (CT ...
... in high-risk populations.
Attention has been given to indicators of asymptomatic atherosclerosis, such as coronary artery calcium and the ankle brachial index (ABI), which is the ratio of systolic ...
... that narrow the coronary arteries) was determined with computer tomography measurements of coronary artery calcium (CAC).
Researchers found no difference between the amount of sub-clinical levels of ...
... 3,015 healthy young adults from a long-term study of risk factors for coronary ... percent more likely to be at the highest level of coronary artery calcium, compared to those with lower phosphate levels ...
... 10-year risk but high lifetime risk had a greater progression of heart disease, as measured by buildup of coronary artery calcium and thickening of the carotid artery.
The short-term (10-year) risk ...
... mellitus. Baseline levels and change in levels of subclinical atherosclerosis (as represented by coronary artery calcium or carotid intima-media thickness) were then compared across the three risk ...
