Coronary artery calcium scoring: is it time for a change in methodology?

MJ Blaha, MB Mortensen, S Kianoush… - JACC: Cardiovascular …, 2017 - jacc.org
Quantification of coronary artery calcium (CAC) has been shown to be reliable, reproducible,
and predictive of cardiovascular risk. Formal CAC scoring was introduced in 1990, with early …

Assessment of coronary artery disease by cardiac computed tomography: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association Committee on Cardiovascular …

MJ Budoff, S Achenbach, RS Blumenthal, JJ Carr… - Circulation, 2006 - Am Heart Assoc
This scientific statement reviews the scientific data for cardiac computed tomography (CT)
related to imaging of coronary artery disease (CAD) and atherosclerosis. Cardiac CT is a CT …

10-year coronary heart disease risk prediction using coronary artery calcium and traditional risk factors: derivation in the MESA (Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis) …

RL McClelland, NW Jorgensen, M Budoff… - Journal of the American …, 2015 - jacc.org
Background: Several studies have demonstrated the tremendous potential of using coronary
artery calcium (CAC) in addition to traditional risk factors for coronary heart disease (CHD) …

Calcium density of coronary artery plaque and risk of incident cardiovascular events

MH Criqui, JO Denenberg, JH Ix, RL McClelland… - Jama, 2014 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Coronary artery calcium (CAC), measured by computed tomography (CT), has
strong predictive value for incident cardiovascular disease (CVD) events. The standard CAC …

Association of coronary artery calcium in adults aged 32 to 46 years with incident coronary heart disease and death

JJ Carr, DR Jacobs, JG Terry, CM Shay… - JAMA …, 2017 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Coronary artery calcium (CAC) is associated with coronary heart disease (CHD)
and cardiovascular disease (CVD); however, prognostic data on CAC are limited in younger …

The ADVANCE study: a randomized study to evaluate the effects of cinacalcet plus low-dose vitamin D on vascular calcification in patients on hemodialysis

P Raggi, GM Chertow, PU Torres… - Nephrology Dialysis …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Background. This prospective, randomized, controlled trial compared the progression of
vascular and cardiac valve calcification in 360 prevalent adult hemodialysis patients with …

Distribution of coronary artery calcium by race, gender, and age: results from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA)

RL McClelland, H Chung, R Detrano, W Post… - Circulation, 2006 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—Coronary artery calcium (CAC) has been demonstrated to be associated with
the risk of coronary heart disease. The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) …

Blood pressure trajectories in early adulthood and subclinical atherosclerosis in middle age

NB Allen, J Siddique, JT Wilkins, C Shay, CE Lewis… - Jama, 2014 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Single measures of blood pressure (BP) levels are associated with the
development of atherosclerosis; however, long-term patterns in BP and their effect on …

Very high coronary artery calcium (≥ 1000) and association with cardiovascular disease events, non–cardiovascular disease outcomes, and mortality: results from …

AW Peng, ZA Dardari, RS Blumenthal, O Dzaye… - Circulation, 2021 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: There are limited data on the unique cardiovascular disease (CVD), non-CVD,
and mortality risks of primary prevention individuals with very high coronary artery calcium …

Value of progression of coronary artery calcification for risk prediction of coronary and cardiovascular events: result of the HNR study (Heinz Nixdorf Recall)

N Lehmann, R Erbel, AA Mahabadi, M Rauwolf… - Circulation, 2018 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: Computed tomography (CT) allows estimation of coronary artery calcium
(CAC) progression. We evaluated several progression algorithms in our unselected …