Morteza Naghavi, David Yankelevitz, Anthony P Reeves, Matthew J Budoff, Dong Li, Kyle Atlas, Chenyu Zhang, Thomas L Atlas, Seth Lirette, Jakob Wasserthal, Sion K Roy, Claudia Henschke, Nathan D Wong, Christopher Defilippi, Susan R Heckbert, Philip Greenland
BACKGROUND: Coronary artery calcium (CAC) scans contain actionable information beyond CAC scores that is not currently reported. METHODS: We have applied artificial intelligence-enabled automated cardiac chambers volumetry to CAC scans (AI-CACTM ) to 5535 asymptomatic individuals (52.2% women, ages 45-84) that were previously obtained for CAC scoring in the baseline examination (2000-2002) of the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). AI-CAC took on average 21 s per CAC scan...
April 23, 2024: Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography