Coronary artery calcium: A modern rubric for an established approach

The detection and quantification of subclinical calcified coronary atherosclerosis using low-dose cardiac computed tomography has been convincingly shown to be superior to traditional, population-derived risk factor-based approaches for the individualized assessment of cardiovascular risk. Coronary artery calcification, as a measure of overall atherosclerotic burden, serves as the phenotypic expression of the longitudinal amalgamation of the effects of acquired risk factors (and their treatment), genetic makeup and lifestyle exposures on atherosclerosis expression within the coronary arteries.
Source: Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography - Category: Radiology Authors: Tags: Editorial Source Type: research