What does CAC stand for?

Coronary Artery Calcium

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Samples in periodicals archive:

Vitamin K supplementation and progression of coronary artery calcium in older men and women.

Vitamin K prevents coronary artery calcification

Washington, Oct 1 (ANI): A new study has found that coronary artery calcium scans can prove to be an effective screening tool for patients with silent heart disease who are at risk for a heart attack or sudden death.

Calcium scans can help predict heart attack risk

7 This was documented even in the coronary artery calcium study nestled within the Women's Health Initiative that demonstrated an increase in subclinical coronary disease in women not treated with estrogen after bilateral oophorectomy.

To Save or Not to Save the Ovaries: The Mayo Clinic Study

8) Coronary artery calcium score (CAC) The measurement of calcium in coronary arteries by rapid CT scan (CAC score) correlates well with histological findings and is predictive of CAD.

Atherosclerosis imaging--how and whom?

Measuring coronary artery calcium, a marker for atherosclerotic plaque burden, could detect 90% of those who will experience a future event.

Symposium highlights cardiovascular disease prevention

Coronary artery calcium was almost twice as prevalent in the group with the highest WHR compared with those with the lowest WHR.

Waist size connected to risk of heart disease

Studies have failed to document a slowing of coronary artery calcium progression with statin treatment.

More Good News from the WHI

Researchers found the HRT group was 30 to 40 per cent less likely to have coronary artery calcium than the placebo group.

HRT 'could cut the risk of heart disease'