Scientists surveyed more than 4,400 residents of Sao Paulo about their coffee - drinking habits, and correlated
them with coronary artery calcium (CAC) readings.
Non-Classical Monocytes and Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein - 1 (MCP - 1) Correlate
with Coronary Artery Calcium Progression in Chronically HIV - 1 Infected Adults on Stable Antiretroviral Therapy.
Not exact matches
Of MESA participants studied, 86 percent had
coronary artery calcium readings at three different times,
with an average of 3.5 years between measurements.
The study shows those apparently healthy individuals identified
with increased carotid plaque burden and
coronary artery calcium were two to three times more likely to have an adverse event such as an
artery blockage, or a piece of plaque becoming loose causing a heart attack or stroke.
8 percent of patients
with no
calcium went on to receive revascularization to restore blood flow to the heart, compared to 6.5 percent of patients who had
calcium in their
coronary arteries.
Among participants in the BioImage study, both genetic and lifestyle factors were independently associated
with levels of
calcium - containing plaque in the
coronary arteries, and healthy lifestyle factors were associated
with less extensive plaque within each genetic risk group.
Intravascular ultrasound can quantify non-calcified and calcified
coronary artery plaque, but it is invasive and unsuitable for screening purposes, and
coronary artery calcium (CAC) scoring
with CT, a common noninvasive option, has limitations.
With growing evidence that a measurement of the buildup of calcium in coronary arteries can predict heart disease risk, Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute (LA BioMed) researchers found that the process of «calcium scoring» was also accurate in predicting the chances of dying of heart disease among adults with little or no known risk of heart dise
With growing evidence that a measurement of the buildup of
calcium in
coronary arteries can predict heart disease risk, Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute (LA BioMed) researchers found that the process of «
calcium scoring» was also accurate in predicting the chances of dying of heart disease among adults
with little or no known risk of heart dise
with little or no known risk of heart disease.
Among the adults in the study, even those
with low
coronary artery calcium scores of 1 - 99 were 50 % more likely to die of heart disease than adults
with a
calcium score of zero.
The study conducted by LA BioMed researchers examined 5,593 adults
with no known heart disease risk or
with minimal risk of heart disease, who had undergone
coronary artery calcium screening by non-contrast cardiac computed tomography from 1991 - 2011.
Dr. Budoff and Rine Nakanishi, MD, PhD, presented these findings at ACC.14, the annual scientific session of the American College of Cardiology in March, along
with other researchers whose studies also found
coronary artery calcium screening accurately predicted the risk of future heart disease.
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The adverse effects associated
with long - term, high protein - high meat diets may include disorders of bone and
calcium balance, increased cancer risk, disorders of the liver, and worsening of
coronary artery disease.