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- Title
Aortic arch calcification with pericardial fat mass detected on a single chest X-ray image is closely associated with the predictive variables of future cardiovascular disease.
- Authors
Watanabe, Kentaro; Hada, Yurika; Ishii, Kota; Nagaoka, Kyoko; Takase, Kaoru; Kameda, Wataru; Susa, Shinji; Saigusa, Taro; Egashira, Fujiko; Ishihara, Hisamitsu; Ishizawa, Kenichi
- Abstract
This study evaluated the associations between aortic arch calcification (AAC) with pericardial fat (PF) mass detected on a single chest X-ray image and predictive variables of future cardiovascular disease (CVD). The subjects were 353 patients treated with at least one of the hypertension, dyslipidemia or diabetes. All subjects were evaluated for AAC; divided into 3 groups with AAC grades of 0, 1, or 2; and examined for the presence of PF. Carotid intima-media thickness (IMT, n = 353), cardio-ankle vascular index (CAVI, n = 218), the Suita score (n = 353), and cardiovascular risk points defined in the Hisayama study (n = 353), an assessment of the risk of future cardiovascular disease, were measured. The relationship of AAC grades, with or without PF, and CVD risks was evaluated. The IMT (1.62 ± 0.74 mm, 2.33 ± 1.26, and 2.43 ± 0.89 in patients with AAC grade 0, 1 and 2, respectively, p < 0.001), CAVI (8.09 ± 1.32, 8.71 ± 1.32, and 9.37 ± 1.17, respectively, p < 0.001), the Suita score (46.6 ± 10.7, 51.8 ± 8.3, and 54.2 ± 8.2, respectively, p < 0.001), and cardiovascular risk points (8.5 ± 2.6, 10.6 ± 2.3, and 11.5 ± 2.3, respectively, p < 0.001) were significantly elevated with AAC progression. Multinomial logistic regression analysis adjusted for clinical characteristics showed that the relative risk ratios of the Suita score or cardiovascular risk points were elevated according to the progress of AAC grade with PF. Therefore, aortic arch calcification with pericardial mass detected on a single chest X-ray image is closely associated with the predictive variables of future CVD.
- Subjects
THORACIC aorta; X-ray imaging; ADIPOSE tissues; CARDIOVASCULAR diseases; CAROTID intima-media thickness
- Publication
Heart & Vessels, 2022, Vol 37, Issue 4, p654
- ISSN
0910-8327
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00380-021-01948-2