Coronary artery calcium volume scores on electron beam tomography in 12,936 asymptomatic adults.
We developed age- and gender-specific normative tables of calcium volume scores by using data from 12,936 asymptomatic patients who underwent electron beam tomographic scanning and compared the volume with the Agatston scores obtained in the same subjects. The 2 scores increased as the number of atherosclerotic risk factors increased. The volume scores were statistically smaller than the Agatston scores at the upper quartile level.
Nasir
Khurram
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Ciccarone Preventive Cardiology Center, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Raggi
Paolo
P
Rumberger
John A
JA
Braunstein
Joel B
JB
Post
Wendy S
WS
Budoff
Matthew J
MJ
Blumenthal
Roger S
RS
D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D001158:Arteries / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology*; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000378:metabolism; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000378:metabolism*; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D009820:Ohio / Q000453:epidemiology; D012307:Risk Factors; D012737:Sex Factors; D013714:Tennessee / Q000453:epidemiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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