Evaluation of aortic arch calcification in type 2 diabetic patients

Abstract

Severity of aortic arch calcification is associated with age, diabetes duration, diabetic complications (retinopath), microalbuminuria), coronary artery disease, insulin dependence, and presence of hypertension and dyslipidaemia.

Aortic calcification on plain chest radiography predicts embolic complications during carotid artery stenting

“…We detected AC in nearly half of our patients, which was an independent predictor for embolic complications after CAS. In good agreement with previous studies, this atherosclerotic risk factor was associated with advanced age [24], a high incidence of coronary artery disease [22,24] as well as with diabetes mellitus [25]. During the past years, an increasing number of clinical and anatomical risk factors for CAS have been identified, including advanced age [4,21,26,27], the symptom status of the stenosis [19,21], the presence of severely ulcerated or long stenosis [12,23,27,28] or cardiovascular risk factors such as diabetes mellitus [28].…”

“…We detected AC in nearly half of our patients, which was an independent predictor for embolic complications after CAS. In good agreement with previous studies, this atherosclerotic risk factor was associated with advanced age [24], a high incidence of coronary artery disease [22,24] as well as with diabetes mellitus [25].…”

Aortic knob calcification and coronary artery lesion complexity in non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome patients

“…Aortic calcification has an underlying atherosclerosis process and calcification in extracoronary arterial beds indicates the extent of atherosclerotic lesions. [14][15][16][17] Also, extracoronary calcification is associated with increased risk of cardiovascular events. [18][19][20] AKC is one form of extracoronary arterial calcification and its detection on chest X-ray increases risk for CAD.…”

Sleep Apnoea Syndrome as a Risk for Mortality in Elderly Inpatients

“…These included: body mass index (BMI); 14 serum levels of albumin and total cholesterol; hypertension (systolic and/or diastolic blood pressure ≥ 140/90 mmHg, or drug treatment); 3 chronic cardiovascular disease (previous myocardial infarction or angina pectoris); 4 chronic heart failure (left ventricular ejection fraction < 40%); chronic phase of stroke (motor deficit and evidence of cerebral deficit on computerized tomography [CT]); 15 diabetes mellitus (fasting blood glucose ≥ 7 mmol/l, or drug treatment); dementia (Mini-Mental State Examination score ≤ 23); 16 past history of lung disease (chronic bronchitis, emphysema, bronchiectasis, interstitial lung disease or sequelae of tuberculosis); atrial fibrillation; and bedridden state. Severity of aortic arch calcification (AAC) on the chest X-ray was graded as previously determined: 17 grade 0, no visible calcification; grade 1, small spots of calcification or single thin calcification of the aortic bulb; grade 2, one or more areas of thick calcification; and grade 3, circumferential calcification of the aortic bulb. Data were retrieved from medical records before the start of the examination (i.e.…”