Association between plaque localization in proximal coronary segments and MACE outcomes in patients with mild CAC: Results from the EISNER study

• Main Authors: Ramyashree Tummala (Author), Donghee Han (Author), John Friedman (Author), Sean Hayes (Author), Louise Thomson (Author), Heidi Gransar (Author), Piotr Slomka (Author), Alan Rozanski (Author), Damini Dey (Author), Daniel Berman (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2022-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective: Coronary artery calcium score (CAC) is a validated tool to predict and reclassify cardiovascular risk. Additional metrics such as regional distribution and extent of CAC over Agatston CAC score may allow further risk stratification. In this study, we evaluate the prognostic significance o...