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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• KEELAN, Paul C
• BIELAK, Lawrence F
• ASHAI, Khalid
• JAMJOUM, Lama S
• DENKTAS, Ali E
• RUMBERGER, John A
• SHEEDY, Patrick F
• PEYSER, Patricia A
• SCHWARTZ, Robert S

Titel

Long-term prognostic value of coronary calcification detected by electron-beam computed tomography in patients undergoing coronary angiography

Ist Teil von

• Circulation (New York, N.Y.), 2001-07, Vol.104 (4), p.412-417

Ort / Verlag

Hagerstown, MD: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Erscheinungsjahr

2001

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Free E-Journal (出版社公開部分のみ）

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Electron-beam CT (EBCT) quantification of coronary artery calcification (CAC) allows noninvasive assessment of coronary atherosclerosis. We undertook a follow-up study to determine whether CAC extent, measured at the time of angiography by EBCT, predicted future hard cardiac events, comprising cardiac death and nonfatal myocardial infarction (MI). We also assessed the potential of selected coronary artery disease (CAD) risk factors, prior CAD event history (MI or revascularization), and angiographic findings (number of diseased vessels and overall disease burden) to predict subsequent hard events. Two hundred eighty-eight patients who underwent contemporaneous coronary angiography and EBCT scanning were contacted after a mean of 6.9 years. Vital status and history of MI during follow-up were determined. Cox proportional hazards models were used to compare the predictive ability of CAC extent with selected CAD risk factors, CAD event history, and angiographic findings. Median CAC score was 160 (range 0 to 7633). The 22 patients who experienced hard events during follow-up were older and had more extensive CAC and angiographic disease (P<0.05). Only 1 of 87 patients with CAC score <20 experienced a subsequent hard event during follow-up. Event-free survival was significantly higher for patients with CAC scores <100 than for those with scores >/=100 (relative risk 3.20; 95% CI 1.17 to 8.71). When a stepwise multivariable model was used, only age and CAC extent predicted hard events (risk ratios 1.72 and 1.88, respectively; P<0.05). In patients undergoing angiography, CAC extent on EBCT is highly predictive of future hard cardiac events and adds valuable prognostic information.