Should we report incidental aortic calcification on chest CT imaging?

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Professor James Rudd, is joined by Professor Marc Dweck from The University of Edinburgh. They discuss a study in Heart that tested the predictive power of thoracic aortic calcium calcium for predicting future vascular events.

Relevant reading:

Thoracic versus coronary calcification for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease events prediction - https://heart.bmj.com/content/110/14/947 

Editorial: Future applications of incidental detection of thoracic and coronary calcium for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease events prediction - https://heart.bmj.com/content/110/14/929

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