Aortic root calcification and cardiac risk factors in patients with coronary calcium score greater than zero using multidetector computed tomography

Hasan A. Al-Nafakh; Hussein Nafakhi; Mohammed Abd Kadhim Al-Jiboori; Abdulameer A. Al-Mosawi; Raad H. Tawfeq

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Aortic root calcification and cardiac risk factors in patients with coronary calcium score greater than zero using multidetector computed tomography

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Hasan A. Al-Nafakh^a, Hussein Nafakhi^b^{, *}, Mohammed Abd Kadhim Al-Jiboori^c, Abdulameer A. Al-Mosawi^a, Raad H. Tawfeq^d

^aRadiology Department, Medicine College, Kufa University, Najaf, Iraq

^bInternal Medicine Department, AL-Sader Teaching Hospital, Medicine College, Kufa University, Najaf, Iraq

^cDiagnostic Radiology Department, Medicine College, AL-Nahrain University, Iraq

^dDiagnostic Radiology Department, Iraqi Board for Medical Specialization, Baghdad, Iraq

^*Corresponding author. Internal Medicine Department, Medicine College, Kufa University, P.O. 21, Kufa, Najaf, Iraq. Tel.: +964 78 218 41 16; fax: +964 34 09 52. E-mail addresses: hasana.alnaffakh@uokufa.edu.iq (H.A. Al-Nafakh), husseinaf.alnaffakh@uokufa.edu.iq (H. Nafakhi), abdulameer.almusawi@uokufa.edu.iq (A.A. Al-Mosawi).

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Hussein Nafakhi

Received 13 January 2015, Revised 30 January 2015, Accepted 10 February 2015, Available Online 26 February 2015.

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Keywords: Aortic root; Coronary atherosclerosis; Risk factors; Calcification
Abstract: Background: Vascular calcification is a marker of atherosclerotic burden and is associated with increased risk of cardiac events. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between clinical cardiac risk factors and aortic root calcification (ARC) in patients with a coronary calcium score (CCS) > 0, as assessed by multidetector computed tomography (MDCT).

Method: Between January and December 2013, 196 consecutive Iraqi patients who underwent MDCT for assessment of coronary disease were recruited. Of these, 69 patients with a CCS > 0 were enrolled in the study. For analytical purposes, patients were divided into two groups by ARC score: patients with ARC > 0 (ARC group, n = 32) and those with ARC = 0 (non-ARC group, n = 37).

Results: The overall prevalence of ARC was 46%. Mean ARC was 174 ± 28.5 (range, 10–500). A significant correlation was observed between ARC and male sex (r = 0.380, P = 0.032) and between ARC and age ≥65 years (r = 0.353, P = 0.047). These correlations persisted even after multivariate adjustment for other cardiac risk factors. There were no significant correlations between ARC and other cardiac risk factors, and the only significant between-group difference in the distribution of cardiac risk factors was in patient age.

Conclusion: ARC was significantly correlated with older age and male sex in patients with CCS > 0.
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