Abstract Background Atherosclerosis is the underlying process causing coronary artery calcification. Pathophysiology of aortic and mitral valve calcification has several similarities with atherosclerosis, but their correlation not been clear, especially in patients atherosclerosis. Purpose This study aims to investigate between calcium score arteries, aortic, valves Methods was a cross-sectiona...

INTRODUCTION AND AIMS Differentiation of ischemic from non-ischemic etiology in heart failure (HF) patients has both therapeutic and prognostic implications. One possible approach to this differentiation is direct visualization of the coronary tree. Multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) has emerged as an alternative to invasive coronary angiography (ICA), but its performance and additional c...

background: an electrocardiogram (ecg) can provide information on subclinical myocardial damage. the presence, and more importantly, the quantity of coronary artery calcification (cac), relates well with the overall severity of the atherosclerotic process. a strong relation has been demonstrated between coronary calcium burden and the incidence of myocardial infarction, a relation independent o...

Abstract Funding Acknowledgements Type of funding sources: None. Aim Coronary artery calcium (CAC) score is a proven prognostic marker cardiovascular risk. The aim this study was to evaluate the value CAC on standard chest computed tomography (CT) in patients admitted with COVID-19. Methods We enrolled 144 consecutive (mean age 67± 13, 60.7% male) hospitalized COVID-19, who admission underwent ...

OBJECTIVE To assess the effects of famine exposure during childhood on coronary calcium deposition and, secondarily, on cardiac valve and aortic calcifications. DESIGN Retrospective cohort. SETTING Community. PATIENTS 286 postmenopausal women with individual measurements of famine exposure during childhood in the Netherlands during World War II. INTERVENTION/EXPOSURE Famine exposure dur...