Relationship between Coronary Artery Calcium Score and Coronary Stenosis

X Chen, J Zhao, Q Cai, R Chen, W Wu… - Cardiology …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background. The coronary artery calcium score (CACS) is commonly employed to quantify
the degree of calcification in coronary atherosclerosis. Indeed, increased coronary stenosis …

[HTML][HTML] Is there an association between coronary artery inflammation and coronary atherosclerotic burden?

M Jing, H Xi, H Zhu, X Zhang, Z Xu, S Wu… - … Imaging in Medicine …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background As for the coronary artery inflammation and coronary atherosclerotic burden,
which are used to assess the risk of adverse cardiac events in patients, it is unclear whether …

[HTML][HTML] Importance of incidental coronary artery calcification in early diagnosis of obstructive coronary artery disease

M Ilgar, N Dağ, C Türkoğlu - Polish Journal of Radiology, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Purpose The early diagnosis of coronary artery disease (CAD) enables early intervention for
the modifiable risk factors of the disease. Coronary artery calcification (CAC) detected …

Obstructive Sleep Apnea as a Predictor of a Higher Risk of Significant Coronary Artery Disease Assessed Non-Invasively Using the Calcium Score

P Macek, M Michałek-Zrąbkowska… - Life, 2023 - mdpi.com
The aim of this study was to assess the coronary artery calcium score in patients with
obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). The study group (group A) consisted of 62 patients with …