Coronary Artery Calcification

Coronary artery calcification (CAC) is an established marker of subclinical atherosclerosis and an independent predictor of future coronary heart disease in the asymptomatic primary prevention population, particularly in the intermediate risk cohort. CAC also helps in reclassifying those patients and their risk of cardiovascular events into higher or lower risk categories. MESA (Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis) is a National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute –sponsored population-based medical research study involving 6,814 men and women from 6 U.S.

Source: CVD Prevention and Control - August 31, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Kazuhiro Osawa, Rine Nakanishi, Matthew Budoff Tags: Review Source Type: research