The Denser the Merrier?
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The coronary artery calcium (CAC) score, the Agatston score, is a robust noninvasive surrogate marker of coronary atherosclerosis, which is strongly associated with increased risk of incident cardiovascular events and mortality. Its ability to predict adverse cardiovascular outcome is incremental to traditional risk factors used in clinical risk prediction, and it has been validated by studies on a wide spectrum of sex, age, ethnic, and racial backgrounds. The association between vascular calcification and worse prognosis has also been documented in other extracoronary vascular territories. In particular, the presence and extent of abdominal aortic calcification (AAC), measured using the Agatston method, is associated with a higher risk of incident cardiovascular events and mortality in several studies.
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