Matthew Hooks, Gurmandeep Sandhu, Tejaswini Maganti, Ko Hsuan Amy Chen, Michelle Wang, Ryan Cullen, Pratik S Velangi, Christina Gu, Jason Wiederin, John Connett, Roland Brown, Anne Blaes, Chetan Shenoy, Prabhjot S Nijjar
BACKGROUND: Cancer patients are at increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) after treatment with potentially cardiotoxic treatments. Many cancer patients undergo non-gated chest CT (NCCT) for cancer staging prior to treatment. AIMS: We aimed to assess whether coronary artery calcification (CAC) on NCCT predicts CVD risk in cancer patients. METHODS: 603 patients (mean age: 61.3 years, 30.8% male) with either breast cancer, lymphoma or sarcoma were identified retrospectively...
August 26, 2022: European Journal of Preventive Cardiology