CAC Density and Cardiovascular Risk: Is Less Really More?

Todd C Villines; Aamir Javaid

doi:10.1016/j.jcmg.2022.08.007

CAC Density and Cardiovascular Risk: Is Less Really More?

JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2022 Nov;15(11):1941-1943. doi: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2022.08.007. Epub 2022 Oct 19.

Authors

Todd C Villines¹, Aamir Javaid²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Virginia Health, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA. Electronic address: tv4bc@virginia.edu.
² Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Virginia Health, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.

PMID: 36357135
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2022.08.007

No abstract available

Keywords: Agatston score; atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease; cardiac computed tomography; coronary artery calcium score; coronary artery disease; prevention.

Publication types

Editorial
Comment

MeSH terms

Calcium
Cardiovascular Diseases* / diagnostic imaging
Cardiovascular Diseases* / epidemiology
Coronary Angiography
Coronary Artery Disease*
Coronary Vessels
Heart Disease Risk Factors
Humans
Predictive Value of Tests
Risk Assessment
Risk Factors
Vascular Calcification*

Substances

Calcium