March 28, 2021 The American Journal of Medicine TAKE-HOME MESSAGE Coronary calcium scores are an independent risk factor for cardiovascular and all-cause mortality, but prior studies have not adequately looked the prognostic value of the scores for older patients or whether the prognostic value differs by gender. Utilizing data from the multicenter Coronary Artery Calcium […]
Ronald Grisanti D.C., D.A.B.C.O., D.A.C.B.N., M.S. How secure should you feel if your doctor tells you that your cholesterol levels are normal? Are you immune to heart disease just because you have been informed you have normal cholesterol levels? If you have been a reader of my weekly articles for any length of time, you […]
Ronald Grisanti D.C., D.A.B.C.O., D.A.C.B.N., M.S. How secure should you feel if your doctor tells you that your cholesterol levels are normal Are you immune to heart disease just because you have been informed you have normal cholesterol levels? If you have been a reader of my weekly articles for any length of time, you […]
Ronald Grisanti D.C., D.A.B.C.O., D.A.C.B.N., M.S. It is a well know fact that the number one cause of death in the United States is heart disease. Many people are unaware that half the people who have had a sudden heart attack and death never had any conventional risk factors like high cholesterol. They didn’t even […]
P.Elliott Miller, MD Abstract Background Coffee and tea are two of the most commonly consumed beverages in the world. The association of coffee and tea intake with coronary artery calcium and major adverse cardiovascular events remains uncertain. Methods We examined 6,508 ethnically-diverse participants with available coffee and tea data from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. […]
The Journal of Nutrition, 01/29/2016 Varshney R, et al. Researchers sought to assess the effects of garlic supplements on hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, C–reactive protein (CRP), pulse wave velocity (PWV), and coronary artery calcium (CAC), as well as available data on adverse reactions. They found that garlic supplementation may offer cardiovascular protection. Methods Researchers searched PubMed for […]
November 10, 2015 Circulation AKE-HOME MESSAGE Researchers evaluated participants of the CARDIA study to determine the association between intake of fruit and vegetables during young adulthood with coronary atherosclerosis later in life, finding that higher intake was associated with lower prevalence of coronary atherosclerosis (P < .001). The findings support high intake of fruit and […]
No link with coronary artery calcium progression for individuals without diabetes MONDAY, Aug. 31, 2015 (HealthDay News) — In patients with type 1 diabetes, but not those without diabetes, periodontal disease duration is an independent predictor of long-term progression of coronary artery calcium (CAC), according to a study published in the Sept. 15 issue of […]
April 1, 2015 Action Points Note that this cohort study of rheumatoid arthritis patients demonstrated that coronary artery calcium scores were, surprisingly, lower among those who took more than 1,000 mg per day of calcium supplements. Be aware that this was not a randomized trial — the effects seen could be accounted for by a […]
March 3, 2015 By Larry Husten Edited by David G. Fairchild, MD, MPH, and Jaye Elizabeth Hefner, MD People who drink moderate amounts of coffee might be less likely to have atherosclerosis, a Heart study suggests. In a sample of more than 25,000 people in South Korea without known cardiovascular disease, researchers examined the relationship between coffee consumption and […]
RESEARCH · November 11, 2014 TAKE-HOME MESSAGE The authors assessed baseline coronary artery calcium (CAC) levels in an asymptomatic multiethnic cohort of 6779 individuals who were then followed for an average of 9.5 ± 2.4 years for diagnosis of stroke or transient ischemic attack (collectively, cerebrovascular events [CVE]). The presence of CAC correlated with lower […]
Angiology, 09/03/2014 Evidence Based Medicine Clinical Article Gang L, et al. – Progression of coronary artery calcification (CAC) may be more predictive of future CORONARY HEART DISEASE events than a baseline CAC score. Methods Authors determined whether serum gamma–glutamyltransferase (GGT) activity can independently predict the progression of CAC in adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus […]
Michael O’Riordan March 28, 2014 WASHINGTON, DC — Long-term follow-up from the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study suggests that a higher consumption of fruits and vegetables in women is associated with a lower risk of developing coronary atherosclerosis. Interestingly, the association between a diet rich in fruits and vegetables and coronary […]
Published: Nov 22, 2013 | Updated: Nov 24, 2013 By Salynn Boyles, Contributing Writer, MedPage Today Full Story: http://www.medpagetoday.com/Cardiology/Atherosclerosis/43082 Action Points Coronary artery calcium measured by computed tomography, has strong predictive value for incident cardiovascular disease events. This study suggests that coronary artery calcium volume was positively and independently associated with CHD and CVD risk. […]
The CAC score was better correlated with cardiac events than cholesterol levels.