"We found a strong association between abdominal aortic calcification and future cardiovascular events," said lead author Stacy D. O'Connor, M.D., M.P.H., assistant professor of radiology at the ...

Using widely available bone density machines, and without the need for invasive testing, the researchers identified abdominal aortic calcification in about 60% of men and women, aged 60–80 years.

New research by Edith Cowan University (ECU) Postdoctoral Research Fellow Dr Cassandra Smith noted that abdominal aortic calcification (AAC), a marker of advanced blood vessel disease, was linked ...

Abdominal aortic calcification, or AAC, is a calcification which can build up within the walls of the abdominal aorta and predicts your risk of developing cardiovascular disease events such as ...

the median coronary artery calcification was 91 Agatston units, median abdominal aortic calcification was 392 Agatston units and median thoracic artery calcification was 131 Agatston units.

Chennai, May 10 -- Highlights: Artificial intelligence identifies hidden heart disease risk in routine bone scans Abdominal aortic calcification is a stronger fracture predictor than bone density ...

The Heart Foundation supported a study of 881 elderly women (median age of 80), which found they were far less likely to have extensive build-up of abdominal aortic calcification (AAC) if they ...

The focus was on a biomarker called abdominal aortic calcification (AAC), a build-up of calcium in the body’s largest artery. AAC is currently used to predict a person’s risk of cardiovascular ...