期刊
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY
卷 187, 期 -, 页码 534-540出版社
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.03.060
关键词
Coronary artery calcium; Hypertension; All-cause mortality; Cardiac computed tomography
资金
- National Institutes of Health [1R01HL115150]
- Dalio Institute of Cardiovascular Imaging
- Michael Wolk Foundation
- NIH [K23HL098370, L30HL093896]
- Leading Foreign Research Institute Recruitment Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) - Ministry of Science, ICT & Future Planning (MSIP) [2012027176]
Background: To examine the performance of coronary artery calcification (CAC) for stratifying long-term risk of death in asymptomatic hypertensive patients. Methods and results: 8905 consecutive asymptomatic individuals without cardiovascular disease or diabetes who underwent CAC testing (mean age 53.3 +/- 10.5, 59.3% male) were followed for a mean of 14 years and categorized on the background of hypertension as well as age above or below 60 years (in accordance with the 2014 Guidelines from the Joint National Committee 8). The prevalence and severity of CAC were higher for those with hypertension versus without hypertension (P < 0.001), and the extent increased proportionally with advancing age (P < 0.001). Following adjustment, the presence of CAC in hypertensive with respect to normotensive, was associated with worse prognosis for individuals above the age of 60 years (HR 7.74 [95% CI: 5.15-11.63] vs. HR 4.83 [95% CI: 3.18-7.33]) than individuals below the age of 60 (HR 3.18 [95% CI: 2.42-4.19] vs. HR 2.14 [95% CI: 1.61-2.85]), respectively. A zero CAC score in hypertensive over the age of 60 years was associated with a lower but persisting risk of mortality for (HR 2.48 [95% CI: 1.50-4.08]) that was attenuated non-significant for those below the age of 60 years (P = 0.09). In a low risk hypertensive population, the presence any CAC was associated with an almost five-fold (HR 4.68 [95% CI: 2.22-9.87]) increased risk of death. Conclusion: The presence and extent of CAC effectively may help the clinicians to further discriminate the long-term risk of mortality among asymptomatic hypertensive individuals, beyond conventional cardiovascular risk and current guidelines. (C) 2015 Published by Elsevier Ireland Ltd.
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