introduction: hot flashes (hf) and night sweats (ns) are due to vasomotor instability and could be recognized as cardiovascular risk markers. therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the relationship between vasomotor instability and severity of coronary artery disease (cad) in postmenopausal women.  materials and methods: this observational cross sectional study, was performed in chamran hospit...

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to assess the relationship between carotid artery disease by ultrasound and coronary artery disease by coronary computed tomography angiography (CTA) and to identify carotid ultrasound parameters predictive of coronary artery disease. BACKGROUND Carotid ultrasound and CTA are noninvasive modalities used to image atherosclerosis. Studies examining the r...

We aimed at determining whether anti-apolipoprotein (apo) A-1 IgG levels are independent predictors of coronary artery calcification (CAC) and coronary endothelial dysfunction in obese and nonobese subjects without cardiovascular disease. 48 nonobese and 43 obese subjects were included. CAC score was measured by thorax scanner and defined by an Agatston score > 0. Coronary endothelial dysfuncti...

OBJECTIVE To examine whether we could predict myocardial ischemia when coronary artery calcification is detected by non-gated multidetector CT in patients with suspected ischemic heart disease. METHODS Eighty-three patients suspected of having ischemic heart disease (55 men, 28 women; age range 36-83 years; mean age 68 years) underwent multidetector CT and T1-201 single photon emission comput...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Recent in vitro studies have shown a link between alkaline phosphatase and vascular calcification in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). High serum levels of alkaline phosphatase are associated with increased death risk in epidemiologic studies of maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) patients. We hypothesized that coronary artery calcification is independently associ...

OBJECTIVES The coronary artery calcium (CAC) score has been shown to predict future cardiac events. However the extent to which the added value of a CAC score to the diagnostic performance of myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) by single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) is unclear. The purpose of this study is to investigate the correlation between CAC score and SPECT in patients with...

BACKGROUND Cardiac valvular calcification is associated with the overall coronary plaque burden and considered an independent cardiovascular risk and prognostic factor. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationship between the presence of valvular calcification and plaque morphology and/or vulnerability. METHODS Transthoracic echocardiography was used to assess valvular calcifica...

OBJECTIVE The coronary artery calcium (CAC) score and myocardial perfusion imaging can now be detected simultaneously using a hybrid SPECT/CT camera. However, there has been little evaluation on the relationship between stress-induced ischemia and coronary artery calcification in a Japanese population. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between these parameters and to elu...