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ArticleAmerican journal of preventive cardiology2022

Prevalence of thoracic aortic aneurysm in patients referred for no/low-charge coronary artery calcium scoring: Insights from the CLARIFY registry.

Tasveer Khawaja, Scott E Janus, Nour Tashtish, Matthew Janko, Cristian Baeza, Robert Gilkeson, Sadeer G Al-Kindi, Sanjay Rajagopalan

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Article in American journal of preventive cardiology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04075162 (Community Benefit of No-charge Calcium Score Screening Program), which is not on this map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Community Benefit of No-charge Calcium Score Screening Program

Typeobservational_patient_registrySponsorUniversity Hospitals Cleveland Medical CenterRan2014 to 2030Enrolled77,000ConditionsCardiovascular Risk Factor
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8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Tasveer KhawajaDepartment of Medicine, University Hospitals/Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States.
Scott E JanusDivision of Cardiovascular Medicine, Harrington Heart and Vascular Institute, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, United States.
Nour TashtishDivision of Cardiovascular Medicine, Harrington Heart and Vascular Institute, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, United States.
Matthew JankoDivision of Cardiac Surgery, Harrington Heart and Vascular Institute, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, United States.
Cristian BaezaDivision of Cardiac Surgery, Harrington Heart and Vascular Institute, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, United States.
Robert GilkesonDepartment of Radiology, University Hospitals and Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States.
Sadeer G Al-KindiDepartment of Medicine, University Hospitals/Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States.
Sanjay RajagopalanDepartment of Medicine, University Hospitals/Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States.
University Hospitals of Cleveland · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objective: Low-dose cardiac-gated chest CTs allow for simultaneous evaluation of coronary artery calcification and aortic size. We sought to evaluate the prevalence of thoracic aortic dilation (TAD) and thoracic aortic aneurysm (TAA) in a large cohort of patients undergoing coronary artery calcium (CAC) screening. Methods: We reviewed all patients from a large, prospective no-charge CAC screening program (CLARIFY, Clinicaltrials.gov NCT04075162) for whom measurements of the ascending aorta were available. TAD was defined as an ascending aortic diameter ≥4.0cm, while TAA was defined as ascending aortic diameter ≥ 4.5cm. We explored associations between patient characteristics, CAC, and the prevalence of TAD/TAA. Results: A total of 36,356 patients enrolled in the CLARIFY program underwent analysis for TAD/TAA. 3,130 patients (8.6%) had TAD and 237 (0.7%) had TAA. Patients with TAA were older (63±8 vs 59±10 years, Conclusion: In this large, prospective study of patients undergoing no-charge CAC screening, 8.6% had TAD (≥4.0cm) and 0.7% had TAA (≥4.5cm). Our results highlight a high yield of TAD/TAA diagnosis in this targeted cohort with cardiovascular risk factors and supports the role of no-charge CAC as a population-level strategy.

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AneurysmAortaCalcium scorelEpidemiology

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