2019
Interplay of Coronary Artery Calcium and Risk Factors for Predicting CVD/CHD Mortality The CAC Consortium
Grandhi GR, Mirbolouk M, Dardari ZA, Al-Mallah MH, Rumberger JA, Shaw LJ, Blankstein R, Miedema MD, Berman DS, Budoff MJ, Krumholz HM, Blaha MJ, Nasir K. Interplay of Coronary Artery Calcium and Risk Factors for Predicting CVD/CHD Mortality The CAC Consortium. JACC Cardiovascular Imaging 2019, 13: 1175-1186. PMID: 31734198, DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2019.08.024.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedCause of DeathComputed Tomography AngiographyCoronary AngiographyCoronary Artery DiseaseDiabetes MellitusDyslipidemiasFemaleHeart Disease Risk FactorsHumansHypertensionMaleMiddle AgedMultidetector Computed TomographyPredictive Value of TestsPrevalencePrognosisRetrospective StudiesRisk AssessmentSmokingTime FactorsUnited StatesVascular CalcificationConceptsCoronary artery calciumCoronary heart diseaseRisk factorsCause-specific mortalityRF burdenCause mortalityArtery calciumCAC scoreCVD mortalityAbsence of CACHigher CAC scoresCHD mortality ratesCurrent cigarette smokingCardiovascular disease deathsCAC ConsortiumCAC testingMulticenter cohortCigarette smokingDisease deathsHeart diseasePrognostic informationBaseline riskFamily historyMost deathsMortality rate
2013
Impact of coronary artery calcium on coronary heart disease events in individuals at the extremes of traditional risk factor burden: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis
Silverman MG, Blaha MJ, Krumholz HM, Budoff MJ, Blankstein R, Sibley CT, Agatston A, Blumenthal RS, Nasir K. Impact of coronary artery calcium on coronary heart disease events in individuals at the extremes of traditional risk factor burden: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. European Heart Journal 2013, 35: 2232-2241. PMID: 24366919, PMCID: PMC4150068, DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/eht508.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCoronary artery calciumCoronary heart disease eventsRisk factor burdenHeart disease eventsMulti-Ethnic StudyCAC 0Artery calciumRF burdenEvent ratesDisease eventsAbsence of CACDistribution of CACTraditional risk factor burdenCHD event ratesElevated event rateHigh CAC burdenFramingham risk scoreLow HDL cholesterolLow event ratesCAC burdenCHD eventsCAC scoreHDL cholesterolLDL cholesterolCigarette smoking