Impact of coronary artery calcium scanning on coronary risk factors and downstream testing the EISNER (Early Identification of Subclinical Atherosclerosis by Noninvasive Imaging Research) prospective randomized trial

• Published in: Journal of the American College of Cardiology Vol. 57; no. 15; pp. 1622 - 1632
• Main Authors: Rozanski, Alan, Gransar, Heidi, Shaw, Leslee J, Kim, Johanna, Miranda-Peats, Lisa, Wong, Nathan D, Rana, Jamal S, Orakzai, Raza, Hayes, Sean W, Friedman, John D, Thomson, Louise E J, Polk, Donna, Min, James, Budoff, Matthew J, Berman, Daniel S
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Limited 12.04.2011
• Subjects: Arteriosclerosis; Aspirin; Asymptomatic Diseases; Atherosclerosis; Blood Pressure; Body Weight; Calcification (ectopic); Calcinosis - diagnostic imaging; Calcium; Cardiology; Cardiovascular disease; Cholesterol; Clinical trials; Coronary Angiography; Coronary Artery Disease - diagnostic imaging; Coronary Artery Disease - mortality; Coronary Artery Disease - therapy; Counseling; Diabetes; Exercise; Female; Glucose; Health Resources - statistics & numerical data; Heart attacks; Heart diseases; Humans; imaging; Intubation; Lipids; Lipids - blood; Lipoproteins; Male; Medical imaging; Medicare; Middle Aged; Physical fitness; Resource utilization; Review boards; Risk Factors; Scanning; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; Triglycerides

We conducted a prospective randomized trial to compare the clinical impact of conventional risk factor modification to that associated with the addition of coronary artery calcium (CAC) scanning. Although CAC scanning predicts cardiac events, its impact on subsequent medical management and coronary...