Thoracic Aortic Calcium For The Prediction Of Stroke Mortality (From The Coronary Artery Calcium Consortium)

Thoracic aortic calcium(TAC) is an important marker of extra-coronary atherosclerosis with established predictive value for all-cause mortality. We sought to explore the predictive value of TAC for stroke mortality, independent of the more established coronary artery calcium(CAC) score. The CAC Consortium is a retrospectively assembled database of 66,636 patients aged ≥18 years with no prior history of cardiovascular disease, baseline CAC scans for risk stratification, and follow-up for 12±4 years.

Source: The American Journal of Cardiology - March 2, 2021 Category: Cardiology Authors: Olufunmilayo H. Obisesan, Albert D. Osei, Daniel Berman, Zeina A. Dardari, S.M Iftekhar Uddin, Omar Dzaye, Olusola A. Orimoloye, Matthew J. Budoff, Michael D Miedema, John Rumberger, Mohammadhassan Mirbolouk, Ellen Boakye, Michelle C. Johansen, Alan Rozan Source Type: research