Progression of Coronary Artery Calcium and Incident Heart Failure: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis [Imaging]

ConclusionsCAC progression was associated with incident HF and modestly increased LV end diastolic volume and LV end systolic volume at follow‐up exam independent of overt coronary heart disease.

Source: JAHA:Journal of the American Heart Association - April 20, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Bakhshi, H., Ambale-Venkatesh, B., Yang, X., Ostovaneh, M. R., Wu, C. O., Budoff, M., Bahrami, H., Wong, N. D., Bluemke, D. A., Lima, J. A. C. Tags: Heart Failure, Computerized Tomography (CT), Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Original Research Source Type: research