Aortic arch calcification and risk of all-cause mortality and cardiovascular disease: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study

• Main Authors: Wen Bo Tian (Author), Wei Sen Zhang (Author), Chao Qiang Jiang (Author), Xiang Yi Liu (Author), Ya Li Jin (Author), Tai Hing Lam (Author), Kar Keung Cheng (Author), Lin Xu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2022-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary: Background: There were no reports on the associations of aortic arch calcification (AAC) measured by chest X-ray with all-cause mortality and cardiovascular disease (CVD) in older general population. Moreover, previous studies of hemodialysis patients showed that AAC was correlated with lef...