Rationale and design of the coronary artery calcium consortium: A multicenter cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although coronary artery calcium (CAC) has been investigated for over two decades, there is very limited data on the association of CAC with cause of death. The CAC Consortium is a large ongoing multi-center observational cohort of individuals who underwent non-contrast cardiac-gated CAC testing and systematic, prospective, long-term follow-up for mortality with ascertainment of cause of death.

Methods

Four participating institutions from three states within the US (California, Minnesota, and Ohio) have contributed individual-level patient data to the CAC Consortium (spanning years 1991-2010). All CAC scans were clinically indicated and physician-referred in patients without a known history of coronary heart disease. Using strict inclusion and exclusion criteria t

SUBMITTER: Blaha MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5292281 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan - Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature