Hong Loan Nguyen1,2, Jing Liu3,4, Maygen Del Castillo1,2, Tina Shah5. 1. Baylor College of Medicine, McNair Campus, 7200 Cambridge St., Suite 8B, Houston, TX, 77030, USA. 2. Baylor College of Medicine, 6620 Main St., Houston, TX, 77030, USA. 3. Baylor College of Medicine, McNair Campus, 7200 Cambridge St., Suite 8B, Houston, TX, 77030, USA. Jing.Liu@bcm.edu. 4. Baylor College of Medicine, 6620 Main St., Houston, TX, 77030, USA. Jing.Liu@bcm.edu. 5. Kaiser Permanente, Capitol Hill Medical Center, Seattle, USA.
Abstract
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: In this review, we describe the mechanism behind coronary artery calcification formation and detection, as well as its implication in cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk stratification, intervention, and prognosis in asymptomatic individuals. RECENT FINDINGS: Multiple cohort and population studies have shown that coronary artery calcium scoring is effective and reproducible in predicting the risk for cardiovascular disease. The updated 2018 ACC/AHA guideline has incorporated consideration of coronary artery calcification testing into cardiovascular disease risk stratification and therapy guidance. Coronary artery calcification's evidence-based role in detection, risk stratification, and ultimately its unique influence on therapeutic intervention and prognosis of cardiovascular disease in asymptomatic population is increasingly being recognized..
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: In this review, we describe the mechanism behind coronary artery calcification formation and detection, as well as its implication in cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk stratification, intervention, and prognosis in asymptomatic individuals. RECENT FINDINGS: Multiple cohort and population studies have shown that coronary artery calcium scoring is effective and reproducible in predicting the risk for cardiovascular disease. The updated 2018 ACC/AHA guideline has incorporated consideration of coronary artery calcification testing into cardiovascular disease risk stratification and therapy guidance. Coronary artery calcification's evidence-based role in detection, risk stratification, and ultimately its unique influence on therapeutic intervention and prognosis of cardiovascular disease in asymptomatic population is increasingly being recognized..
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