results no correlation between as and history of rt, rt-to-follow-up time interval, laterality of bc, framingham’s 10-year risk score or traditional cad risk factors were detected. increase in cacs related to the senile atherosclerotic process was shown (p < 0.001). conclusions no difference between cacs was noted between bc patients with a history of 3d-crt and the non-bc women without a histo...

OBJECTIVE To compare the presence and extent of coronary calcifications in young patients with first, unheralded acute myocardial infarction with matched controls without a history of coronary artery disease. METHODS In 102 patients under 60 years of age (19-59 years, mean 41 years; 88% male), electron beam tomography was done 1-14 days after acute myocardial infarction, before any coronary i...

Objective: To compare the presence and extent of coronary calcifications in young patients with first, unheralded acute myocardial infarction with matched controls without a history of coronary artery disease. Methods: In 102 patients under 60 years of age (19–59 years, mean 41 years; 88% male), electron beam tomography was done 1–14 days after acute myocardial infarction, before any coronary i...

Coronary artery calcification (CAC) was assessed by cinefluoroscopy and its extent was scored (CAC score) in 2,163 consecutive patients undergoing coronary angiography, based on the angiographic and clinical data, the patients were categorized into 8 types of coronary artery disease (CAD). The CAC score was lowest in angiographically normal subjects (0.12+/-0.60) and highest in patients with si...

OBJECTIVE We investigated whether regional coronary calcium score by computed tomography is related to regional left ventricular systolic function measured by MRI tagging in participants of the Multiethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. METHODS AND RESULTS The Multiethnic Study of Atherosclerosis is a prospective observational study of men and women without a history of previous heart disease from...

BACKGROUND Coronary artery calcification which is determined quantitatively by coronary calcium scoring has been known as a sign of coronary stenosis and thus future cardiac events; hence it has been noticed on spotlight of researchers in recent years. Developing different method for early and optimal detection of coronary artery disease (CAD) is really essential as CAD are the first cause of d...

Microvascular disease, reflected by retinal vascular changes, has been shown to predict clinical coronary heart disease. Whether retinal vascular changes are associated with subclinical coronary artery disease is unclear and was examined in this study. The authors conducted a multiethnic, population-based study of 6,147 persons aged 45-84 years, sampled from six US communities in 2002-2004, who...

OBJECTIVE Sarcopenia or low muscle mass is related to cardiovascular risk factors; however, the association between low muscle mass and subclinical atherosclerosis has been largely unexplored. We investigated whether muscle mass is related to coronary artery calcification (CAC) in a large sample of middle-aged asymptomatic adults. APPROACH AND RESULTS We performed a cross-sectional study of 3...

BACKGROUND The prevalence of coronary calcifications and extracoronary plaques was studied in patients with asymptomatic hypercholesterolemia. METHODS AND RESULTS Ultrafast computed tomography for coronary calcification (presence or absence: calcium score) and echographic assessment of carotid, aortic, and femoral plaques were performed in 111 hypercholesterolemic men: 65% had coronary calcif...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the association of plasma phylloquinone concentrations with coronary artery calcification (CAC) and vascular calcification. APPROACH AND RESULTS In a prospective cohort of 508 postmenopausal women, plasma phylloquinone concentrations were measured by high-pressure liquid chromatography. Calcification was measured in the coronary arteries, aortic valve, mitral valve, a...