Evolving role of calcium density in coronary artery calcium scoring and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease risk

AC Razavi, AS Agatston, LJ Shaw, CN De Cecco… - Cardiovascular …, 2022 - jacc.org
Coronary artery calcium (CAC) is a specific marker of coronary atherosclerosis that can be
used to measure calcified subclinical atherosclerotic burden. The Agatston method is the …

Arterial calcification and its association with stroke: implication of risk, prognosis, treatment response, and prevention

X Wang, X Chen, Z Chen, M Zhang - Frontiers in cellular …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Stroke is a leading cause of death worldwide. Vascular calcification (VC), defined as
deposition of calcium-phosphate complexes in the vessels, is considered as the …

Predictors of coronary artery calcium and long‐term risks of death, myocardial infarction, and stroke in young adults

A Javaid, JD Mitchell, TC Villines - Journal of the American Heart …, 2021 - Am Heart Assoc
Background Coronary artery calcium (CAC) is well‐validated for cardiovascular disease risk
stratification in middle to older–aged adults; however, the 2019 American College of …

Association of coronary artery calcium score with qualitatively and quantitatively assessed adverse plaque on coronary CT angiography in the SCOT-HEART trial

M Osborne-Grinter, J Kwiecinski, M Doris… - European Heart …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Aims Coronary artery calcification is a marker of cardiovascular risk, but its association with
qualitatively and quantitatively assessed plaque subtypes is unknown. Methods and results …

The effect of coronary calcification on diagnostic performance of machine learning–based CT-FFR: a Chinese multicenter study

M Di Jiang, XL Zhang, H Liu, CX Tang, JH Li… - European …, 2021 - Springer
Objective To investigate the effect of coronary calcification morphology and severity on the
diagnostic performance of machine learning (ML)–based coronary CT angiography (CCTA) …

[HTML][HTML] Fully automatic framework for comprehensive coronary artery calcium scores analysis on non-contrast cardiac-gated CT scan: total and vessel-specific …

N Zhang, G Yang, W Zhang, W Wang, Z Zhou… - European Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Objectives To develop a fully automatic multiview shape constraint framework for
comprehensive coronary artery calcium scores (CACS) quantification via deep learning on …

[HTML][HTML] The value of quantified plaque analysis by dual-source coronary CT angiography to detect vulnerable plaques: a comparison study with intravascular …

M Yuan, H Wu, R Li, M Yu, X Dai… - Quantitative Imaging in …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background To investigate the diagnostic performance of quantified plaque analysis and
high-risk plaque characterization by coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) …

Impact on all-cause and cardiovascular mortality rates of coronary artery calcifications detected during organized, low-dose, computed-tomography screening for lung …

S Gendarme, H Goussault, JB Assié, C Taleb… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The results of several randomized studies showed the efficacy of
organized, low-dose, computed-tomography (CT) scan lung-cancer screening in lowering all …

Coronary Artery Calcium Density and Risk of Cardiovascular Events: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Y Yong, J Giovannucci, SN Pang, W Hong… - JACC: Cardiovascular …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background There is increasing evidence that coronary artery calcium (CAC) density is
inversely associated with plaque vulnerability and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease …

Multiple prior live births are associated with cardiac remodeling and heart failure risk in women

AMYA Sarma, SM Paniagua, ES Lau, D Wang… - Journal of Cardiac …, 2023 - Elsevier
Objective Greater parity has been associated with cardiovascular disease risk. We sought to
find whether the effects on cardiac remodeling and heart failure risk are clear. Methods We …