Absence of Coronary Artery Calcification and All-Cause Mortality
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Absence of coronary artery calcification and all-cause mortality.
OBJECTIVES We sought to quantify the mortality rates associated with absent and low positive (CAC 1 to 10) coronary artery calcium (CAC). BACKGROUND There is increasing interest in the absence of CAC as a "negative" cardiovascular risk factor. However, published event rates for individuals with no CAC vary, likely owing to differences in baseline risk, follow-up period, and outcome ascertainm...
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عنوان ژورنال: JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1936-878X
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2009.03.009