Gender differences in the prevalence, severity, and composition of coronary artery disease in the young: a study of 1635 individuals undergoing coronary CT angiography from the prospective, multinational confirm registry

Prior studies examining coronary atherosclerosis in the young have been limited by retrospective analyses in small cohorts. We examined the relationship between cardiovascular risk factors (RFs) and prevalence and severity of coronary atherosclerosis in a large, prospective, multinational registry o...

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Veröffentlicht in:European heart journal cardiovascular imaging 2015-05, Vol.16 (5), p.490-499
Hauptverfasser: Otaki, Yuka, Gransar, Heidi, Cheng, Victor Y, Dey, Damini, Labounty, Troy, Lin, Fay Y, Achenbach, Stephan, Al-Mallah, Mouaz, Budoff, Matthew J, Cademartiri, Filippo, Callister, Tracy Q, Chang, Hyuk-Jae, Chinnaiyan, Kavitha, Chow, Benjamin J W, Delago, Augustin, Hadamitzky, Martin, Hausleiter, Joerg, Kaufmann, Philipp, Maffei, Erica, Raff, Gilbert, Shaw, Leslee J, Villines, Todd C, Dunning, Allison, Cury, Ricardo C, Feuchtner, Gudrun, Kim, Yong-Jin, Leipsic, Jonathon, Berman, Daniel S, Min, James K
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Zusammenfassung:Prior studies examining coronary atherosclerosis in the young have been limited by retrospective analyses in small cohorts. We examined the relationship between cardiovascular risk factors (RFs) and prevalence and severity of coronary atherosclerosis in a large, prospective, multinational registry of consecutive young individuals undergoing coronary computerized tomographic angiography (CCTA). Of 27 125 patients undergoing CCTA, 1635 young (
ISSN:2047-2404
2047-2412
DOI:10.1093/ehjci/jeu281