Coronary Artery Calcification Is an Independent Stroke Predictor in the General Population | Zendy

Dirk M. Hermann | Zendy; Janine Gronewold | Zendy; Nils Lehmann | Zendy; Susanne Moebus | Zendy; KarlHeinz Jöckel | Zendy; Marcus Bauer | Zendy; Raimund Erbel | Zendy

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Coronary Artery Calcification Is an Independent Stroke Predictor in the General Population

Author(s) -

Dirk M. Hermann,

Janine Gronewold,

Nils Lehmann,

Susanne Moebus,

KarlHeinz Jöckel,

Marcus Bauer,

Raimund Erbel

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

stroke

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397

H-Index - 319

eISSN - 1524-4628

pISSN - 0039-2499

DOI - 10.1161/strokeaha.111.678078

Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , stroke (engine) , atrial fibrillation , myocardial infarction , blood pressure , population , diabetes mellitus , framingham heart study , proportional hazards model , coronary artery disease , confidence interval , risk factor , framingham risk score , disease , endocrinology , mechanical engineering , environmental health , engineering

Coronary artery calcification (CAC) is a noninvasive marker of plaque load that predicts myocardial infarcts in the general population. Herein, we investigated whether CAC predicts stroke events in addition to established risk factors that are part of the Framingham risk score.

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