Association between coronary artery calcium and cardiovascular disease as a supporting cause in cancer: The CAC consortium.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Identifying cancer patients at high risk of CVD is important for targeting CVD prevention strategies and evaluating chemotherapy options in the context of cardiotoxicity. Coronary artery calcium (CAC), a strong marker of coronary atherosclerosis, is used clinically to enhance risk assessment, yet the value of CAC for assessing risk of CVD complications in cancer is poorly understood.

Objective

In cases of cancer mortality, to determine the value of CAC for predicting risk of CVD as a supporting cause of death.

Methods

The CAC Consortium is a multi-center cohort of 66,636 asymptomatic adults without CVD who underwent CAC scanning. During a follow-up of 12.5 years, 1129 patients died of cancer and were included in this analysis. The primary outcome was presen

SUBMITTER: Wang FM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8315471 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature