Ramzi Dudum, Zeina A Dardari, David I Feldman, Daniel S Berman, Matthew J Budoff, Michael D Miedema, Khurram Nasir, Alan Rozanski, John A Rumberger, Leslee Shaw, Omar Dzaye, Miguel Caínzos-Achirica, Jaideep Patel, Michael J Blaha
Coronary artery calcium (CAC) measures subclinical atherosclerosis and improves risk stratification. CAC characteristics-including vessel(s) involved, number of vessels, volume, and density-have been shown to differentially impact risk. We assessed how dispersion-either the number of calcified vessels or CAC phenotype (diffuse, normal, and concentrated)-impacted cause-specific mortality. The CAC Consortium is a retrospective cohort of 66,636 participants without coronary heart disease (CHD) who underwent CAC scoring...
January 14, 2023: American Journal of Cardiology