Coronary Artery Calcification and Coronary Atherosclerotic Disease - 06/02/12

Doi : 10.1016/j.ccl.2011.10.001

Ramil Goel, MD ^a,^{^{1
Contributed equally to the article.}}, Pankaj Garg, MD ^b,^{^{1
Contributed equally to the article.}}, Stephan Achenbach, MD ^c, Abha Gupta, MD ^a, Jeremy J. Song, BS ^b, Nathan D. Wong, PhD ^b, Leslee J. Shaw, PhD ^d,^⁎ , Jagat Narula, MD, PhD, FRCP ^e
^a Mayo Clinic, 13400 East Shea Boulevard, Scottsdale, AZ 85259, USA
^b University of California, Sprague Hall 112, Irvine, CA 92697-4101, USA
^c Department of Cardiology, University of Giessen, Klinikstrasse 33, 35392 Giessen, Germany
^d Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Emory Clinical Cardiovascular Research Institute, Emory University School of Medicine, 1462 Clifton Road NE, Room 530, Atlanta, GA 30306, USA
^e Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave L. Levy Place, Box 1030, New York, NY 10029-6574, USA

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Résumé

The presence of coronary artery calcium is closely associated with the presence of atherosclerotic lesions in the coronary vasculature. Detection of coronary calcium by imaging techniques has evolved over the last few decades and has become especially more sophisticated with advanced imaging technology. Whereas the status of coronary artery calcium as a marker of increased cardiovascular risk is well established, the indication for testing continues to be a topic of debate.

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Keywords : Acute coronary syndrome, Hyper lipidemia, Metabolic syndrome, Diabetes, Smoking, Coronary angiography, Framingham risk score