Disease | arteriosclerosis |
Symptom | C1611184|coronary artery calcification |
Sentences | 3 |
PubMedID- 25116876 | Background and purpose: coronary artery calcification (cac), a marker of coronary atherosclerosis, predicts stroke in addition to established risk factors. |
PubMedID- 20598972 | Baseline examination included assessment of cardiovascular risk factors and screening for subclinical (asymptomatic) atherosclerosis with quantification of coronary artery calcification by computed tomography (ct), measurement of intima-media thickness, presence of carotid atherosclerotic plaques and abdominal aortic aneurysm by ultrasound, and ankle brachial index. |
PubMedID- 23206557 | Background: coronary artery calcifications (cac) are markers of coronary atherosclerosis, but do not correlate well with stenosis severity. |
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