Greater Volume but not Higher Density of Abdominal Aortic Calcium Is Associated With Increased Cardiovascular Disease Risk | Zendy

Nketi I Forbang | Zendy; Erin D. Michos | Zendy; Robyn L. McClelland | Zendy; Rosemay A. RemigioBaker | Zendy; Matthew Allison | Zendy; Veit Sandfort | Zendy; Joachim H. Ix | Zendy; Isac C. Thomas | Zendy; Dena E. Rifkin | Zendy; Michael H. Criqui | Zendy

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Greater Volume but not Higher Density of Abdominal Aortic Calcium Is Associated With Increased Cardiovascular Disease Risk

Author(s) -

Nketi I Forbang,

Erin D. Michos,

Robyn L. McClelland,

Rosemay A. RemigioBaker,

Matthew Allison,

Veit Sandfort,

Joachim H. Ix,

Isac C. Thomas,

Dena E. Rifkin,

Michael H. Criqui

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

circulation cardiovascular imaging

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1942-0080

pISSN - 1941-9651

DOI - 10.1161/circimaging.116.005138

Subject(s) - hazard ratio , medicine , cardiology , confidence interval , myocardial infarction , stroke (engine) , agatston score , coronary artery calcium , proportional hazards model , coronary artery disease , mechanical engineering , engineering

Abdominal aortic calcium (AAC) and coronary artery calcium (CAC) independently and similarly predict cardiovascular disease (CVD) events. The standard AAC and CAC score, the Agatston method, upweights for greater calcium density, thereby modeling higher calcium density as a CVD hazard.

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