Association of aortic root calcification severity with the extent of coronary artery calcification assessed by calcium-scoring dual-source computed tomography

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• 作者：Xiaohan Hu¹ ; Claudia Frellesen¹ ; J.Matthias Kerl ; Ralf W. Bauer ; Martin Beeres ; Boris Bodelle ; Thomas Lehnert ; Thomas J. Vogl ; Julian L. Wichmann ; ^{docwichmann@gmail.com" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author}
• 关键词：Aortic root calcification ; Coronary artery calcification ; Calcium scoring ; Coronary computed tomography angiography ; Dual-source computed tomography
• 刊名：European Journal of Radiology
• 出版年：2015
• 出版时间：October 2015
• 年：2015
• 卷：84
• 期：10
• 页码：1910-1914
• 全文大小：819 K

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d="par0005">Aortic root calcification (ARC) on calcium-scoring dual-source CT scans was assessed.

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d="par0010">Correlation with coronary artery calcification (CAC) using the Agatston score was analyzed.

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d="par0015">Patients with ARC showed a significantly higher presence of CAC.

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d="par0020">Patients with an ARC volume > 40 mm ≥ demonstrated significantly higher rates of severe CAC.

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d="par0025">The extent of ARC is directly associated with the presence and degree of CAC.

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