1. Thoracic versus coronary calcification for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease events prediction
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Ichikawa, Keishi, Wang, Rui, McClelland, Robyn L, Manubolu, Venkat S, Susarla, Shriraj, Lee, Duo, Pourafkari, Leili, Fazlalizadeh, Hooman, Bitar, Jairo Aldana, Robin, Rick, Kinninger, April, Roy, Sion, Post, Wendy S, and Budoff, Matthew
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Biomedical and Clinical Sciences ,Clinical Sciences ,Prevention ,Heart Disease ,Clinical Research ,Heart Disease - Coronary Heart Disease ,Aging ,Atherosclerosis ,Women's Health ,Cardiovascular ,Good Health and Well Being ,Humans ,Male ,Female ,Aged ,Vascular Calcification ,Coronary Artery Disease ,Prognosis ,Middle Aged ,Risk Assessment ,Computed Tomography Angiography ,Predictive Value of Tests ,Aorta ,Thoracic ,Risk Factors ,Aortic Diseases ,ROC Curve ,Coronary Vessels ,Cardiac-Gated Imaging Techniques ,United States ,Electrocardiography ,Incidence ,Coronary Angiography ,Tomography ,X-Ray Computed ,Cardiorespiratory Medicine and Haematology ,Cardiovascular System & Hematology ,Cardiovascular medicine and haematology ,Clinical sciences - Abstract
This study compared the prognostic value of quantified thoracic artery calcium (TAC) including aortic arch on chest CT and coronary artery calcium (CAC) score on ECG-gated cardiac CT.MethodsA total of 2412 participants who underwent both chest CT and ECG-gated cardiac CT at the same period were included in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis Exam 5. All participants were monitored for incident atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) events. TAC is defined as calcification in the ascending aorta, aortic arch and descending aorta on chest CT. The quantification of TAC was measured using the Agatston method. Time-dependent receiver-operating characteristic (ROC) curves were used to compare the prognostic value of TAC and CAC scores.ResultsParticipants were 69±9 years of age and 47% were male. The Spearman correlation between TAC and CAC scores was 0.46 (p
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- 2024