A novel ultrasound-based vascular calcification score (CALCS) to detect subclinical atherosclerosis.

CONCLUSIONS: DUS-based CALCs is highly correlated with other validated markers of subclinical atherosclerosis, such as c-IMT and AS. Our results demonstrated the ability of CALCs to identify individual predictive factors beyond the traditional risk factors by quantifying an interesting and novel step of the atherogenic process. Future studies on larger series and with adequate follow up are necessary to confirm these results and to evaluate the role of this new marker in monitoring calcific atherosclerosis progression. PMID: 29461604 [PubMed - in process]
Source: European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences - Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Tags: Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci Source Type: research