Increased Aortic Diameters on Multidetector Computed Tomographic Scan Are Independent Predictors of Incident Adverse Cardiovascular Events: The Framingham Heart Study [Epidemiology]

Conclusions— Among community-dwelling adults initially free of clinical CVD, enlarged infrarenal abdominal aorta and lower abdominal aorta, on noncontrast multidetector computed tomography scans, are independent predictors of incident adverse CVD events above traditional risk factors alone.
Source: Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging - Category: Radiology Authors: Tags: Cardiovascular Disease, Epidemiology, Risk Factors, Computerized Tomography (CT), Imaging Source Type: research