Predictive Value of a Zero Coronary Artery Calcium Score in Major Adverse Cardiac Events in Old Age

A Sadeghpour, M Azimi, HR Pouraliakbar… - International …, 2019 - brieflands.com
: Background: By estimating the total coronary plaque burden, the Coronary Artery Calcium
(CAC) score determines the risk of Coronary Artery Disease (CAD). The presence of a zero …

Coronary calcium scoring for long-term mortality prediction in patients with and without a family history of coronary disease

JT Knapper, F Khosa, MJ Blaha, TA Lebeis, J Kay… - Heart, 2016 - heart.bmj.com
Objective Minimal data are available regarding the long-term mortality risk of subclinical
atherosclerosis using coronary artery calcium (CAC) scoring among patients with a family …

Coronary artery calcium for the prediction of mortality in young adults< 45 years old and elderly adults> 75 years old

R Tota-Maharaj, MJ Blaha, JW McEvoy… - European heart …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Aims To determine if coronary artery calcium (CAC) scoring is independently predictive of
mortality in young adults and in the elderly population and if a young person with high CAC …

Prognostic value of coronary calcium score in asymptomatic individuals: a systematic review

L Tramontano, B Punzo, A Clemente, S Seitun… - Journal of Clinical …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Despite updated guidelines and technological developments that allow for an accurate
diagnosis, many asymptomatic individuals have a high risk of developing CAD or cardiac …

Coronary artery calcium to predict all-cause mortality in elderly men and women

P Raggi, MC Gongora, A Gopal, TQ Callister… - Journal of the American …, 2008 - jacc.org
Objectives: We sought to study the prognostic utility of coronary artery calcium (CAC) in the
elderly. Background: The prognostic significance of CAC in the elderly is not well known …

Warranty period of zero coronary artery calcium score for predicting all-cause mortality according to cardiac risk burden in asymptomatic Korean adults

JH Lee, D Han, B ó Hartaigh, A Rizvi, H Gransar… - Circulation …, 2016 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Background: The aim of this study was to examine whether zero coronary artery calcium
(CAC) score is associated with favorable prognosis of all-cause mortality (ACM) according to …

[HTML][HTML] Interplay between Risk Factors and Coronary Artery Calcium in Middle-Aged and Elderly Symptomatic Patients

L Zeng, JY Luo, F Liu, ZR Zhang, YJ Qiu… - Reviews in …, 2023 - imrpress.com
Background: The prognostic value of coronary artery calcium (CAC) combined with risk
factor burdens in middle-aged and elderly patients with symptoms is unclear. Methods: A …

[HTML][HTML] Age and the power of zero CAC in cardiac risk assessment: overview of the literature and a cautionary case

JP Sheppard, S Lakshmanan… - The British journal of …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The coronary artery calcium (CAC) score is a marker of advanced coronary atherosclerosis.
Numerous prospective cohorts have validated CAC as an independent marker that improves …

[PDF][PDF] Prognostic Value of Coronary Artery Calcium in the Intermediate-Risk Population of Developing Coronary Artery Disease

KC Kagita, MK Posina - 2023 - erwejournal.com
Background: The present study was designed to estimate the coronary artery calcium score
(CACS) and its association with the incidence of major adverse cardiovascular events …

Coronary artery calcium score predicts the long-term mortality among patients with no or minimal coronary artery risk factor during 20 years observation

R Nakanishi, M Blaha, S Matsumoto, A Alani… - Journal of the American …, 2014 - jacc.org
Background Although the prognostic utility of coronary artery calcium scores (CACS) has
been reported by numerous previous studies, it has been unclear if CACS predicts mortality …