Coronary calcium score and cardiovascular risk

P Greenland, MJ Blaha, MJ Budoff, R Erbel… - Journal of the American …, 2018 - jacc.org
Coronary artery calcium (CAC) is a highly specific feature of coronary atherosclerosis. On
the basis of single-center and multicenter clinical and population-based studies with short …

Clinical indications for coronary artery calcium scoring in asymptomatic patients: expert consensus statement from the Society of Cardiovascular Computed …

H Hecht, MJ Blaha, DS Berman, K Nasir… - Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
This expert consensus statement summarizes the available data regarding the prognostic
value of CAC in the asymptomatic population and its ability to refine individual risk …

[HTML][HTML] Deep convolutional neural networks to predict cardiovascular risk from computed tomography

R Zeleznik, B Foldyna, P Eslami, J Weiss… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Coronary artery calcium is an accurate predictor of cardiovascular events. While it is visible
on all computed tomography (CT) scans of the chest, this information is not routinely …

[HTML][HTML] Automated coronary calcium scoring using deep learning with multicenter external validation

D Eng, C Chute, N Khandwala, P Rajpurkar… - NPJ digital …, 2021 - nature.com
Coronary artery disease (CAD), the most common manifestation of cardiovascular disease,
remains the most common cause of mortality in the United States. Risk assessment is key for …

2016 SCCT/STR guidelines for coronary artery calcium scoring of noncontrast noncardiac chest CT scans: a report of the Society of Cardiovascular Computed …

HS Hecht, P Cronin, MJ Blaha, MJ Budoff… - Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract The Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) and the Society of
Thoracic Radiology (STR) have jointly produced this document. Experts in this subject have …

Association of coronary artery calcification and mortality in the national lung screening trial: a comparison of three scoring methods

C Chiles, F Duan, GW Gladish, JG Ravenel… - Radiology, 2015 - pubs.rsna.org
Purpose To evaluate three coronary artery calcification (CAC) scoring methods to assess
risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) death and all-cause mortality in National Lung …

[HTML][HTML] ESR/ERS white paper on lung cancer screening

HU Kauczor, L Bonomo, M Gaga, K Nackaerts… - European …, 2015 - Springer
Lung cancer is the most frequently fatal cancer, with poor survival once the disease is
advanced. Annual low-dose computed tomography has shown a survival benefit in …

Inflammation of the periodontium associates with risk of future cardiovascular events

TE Van Dyke, KE Kholy, A Ishai… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background While growing evidence suggests a link between periodontal disease (PD) and
cardiovascular disease (CVD), the independence of this association and the pathway …

Imaging advances in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Insights from the genetic epidemiology of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPDGene) study

SP Bhatt, GR Washko, EA Hoffman… - American journal of …, 2019 - atsjournals.org
The Genetic Epidemiology of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPDGene) study,
which began in 2007, is an ongoing multicenter observational cohort study of more than …

Coronary artery calcification is increased in patients with COPD and associated with increased morbidity and mortality

MC Williams, JT Murchison, LD Edwards, A Agustí… - Thorax, 2014 - thorax.bmj.com
Background Coronary artery calcification is pathognomonic of coronary artery disease
(CAD). Whether CAD in patients with COPD is linked to lung function, functional capacity …