Coronary Artery Calcium Density in Clinical Risk Prediction: Ready for Primetime?

Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2023 Feb;16(2):e015150. doi: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.123.015150. Epub 2023 Feb 21.

Authors

Khurram Nasir¹, Alexander C Razavi^{2

3}, Omar Dzaye³

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiovascular Prevention and Wellness, Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center, Houston, TX (K.N.).
² Emory Center for Heart Disease Prevention, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA (A.C.R.).
³ Johns Hopkins Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD (A.C.R., O.D.).

PMID: 36802446
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.123.015150

No abstract available

Keywords: Editorials; atherosclerosis; calcium density; computed tomography; coronary artery; risk.

Publication types

Editorial
Comment

MeSH terms

Atherosclerosis*
Calcium
Coronary Angiography
Coronary Artery Disease* / diagnostic imaging
Coronary Vessels / diagnostic imaging
Humans
Risk Factors

Substances

Calcium