Atherosclerosis is a chronic inflammatory disease, in which the immune system has a
prominent role in its development and progression. Inflammation-induced endothelial …

Coronary artery calcium (CAC) is a highly specific feature of coronary atherosclerosis. On
the basis of single-center and multicenter clinical and population-based studies with short …

Abstract The Framingham Heart Study (FHS) was established in 1948 to improve
understanding of the epidemiology of coronary heart disease (CHD) in the USA. In 1961 …

The goal of CAC-DRS: Coronary Artery Calcium Data and Reporting System is to create a
standardized method to communicate findings of CAC scanning on all noncontrast CT …

Coronary artery calcium (CAC) is a highly specific marker for coronary atherosclerosis. The
CAC Consortium, a multicenter, retrospective, real-world cohort study, was established to …

Cardio-Oncology is a rapidly growing sub-specialty of medicine, however, there is very
limited guidance on the use of cardiac CT (CCT) in the care of Cardio-Oncology patients. In …

Coronary artery disease (CAD) is caused by atheromatous blockage of coronary vessels
leading to acute coronary events that usually occur when a plaque ruptures and a thrombus …

Evidence now indicates that inflammation contributes considerably to the initiation and
progression of atherosclerosis and active inflammatory processes may trigger plaque …

Primary care physicians often must decide whether statin therapy would be appropriate (in
addition to lifestyle modification) for managing asymptomatic individuals with borderline or …

Background: Preeclampsia, coronary artery calcification (CAC), and atherosclerotic plaque
are risk factors for the development of cardiovascular disease. We determined at what age …