Coronary artery calcium volume scores on electron beam tomography in 12,936 asymptomatic adults

Khurram Nasir; Paolo Raggi; John A Rumberger; Joel B Braunstein; Wendy S Post; Matthew J Budoff; Roger S Blumenthal

doi:10.1016/j.amjcard.2004.01.043

Coronary artery calcium volume scores on electron beam tomography in 12,936 asymptomatic adults

Am J Cardiol. 2004 May 1;93(9):1146-9. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2004.01.043.

Authors

Khurram Nasir¹, Paolo Raggi, John A Rumberger, Joel B Braunstein, Wendy S Post, Matthew J Budoff, Roger S Blumenthal

Affiliation

¹ Ciccarone Preventive Cardiology Center, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

PMID: 15110208
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2004.01.043

Abstract

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.

Publication types

Comparative Study
Multicenter Study
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
Age Factors
Aged
Arteries / metabolism*
Arteries / pathology*
Calcinosis / diagnostic imaging
Calcinosis / epidemiology
Calcinosis / metabolism
Calcium / metabolism*
Coronary Disease / diagnostic imaging*
Coronary Disease / epidemiology
Coronary Disease / metabolism*
Coronary Vessels / metabolism*
Coronary Vessels / pathology*
Cross-Sectional Studies
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Multivariate Analysis
Ohio / epidemiology
Risk Factors
Sex Factors
Tennessee / epidemiology
Tomography, X-Ray Computed*

Substances

Calcium