Coronary calcium is all we need for risk assessment, yet we do not use it often enough

In an investigation published in this issue of Atherosclerosis, Zhao et al.1 tested the hypothesis that atherosclerosis detected at multiple sites provides important prognostic information in patients with and without cardiometabolic disorders followed for an average of 10.5 years from screening. In 1,675 patients enrolled in the Multi Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA), they performed computed tomography (CT) imaging of the coronary arteries and aorta and measured their respective calcium scores.

Source: Atherosclerosis - January 25, 2019 Category: Cardiology Authors: Paolo Raggi Tags: Editorial Source Type: research