TY - JOUR
T1 - Assessment of coronary artery calcium by chest CT compared with EKG-gated cardiac CT in the multicenter AIDS cohort study
AU - Chandra, Divay
AU - Gupta, Aman
AU - Leader, Joseph K.
AU - Fitzpatrick, Meghan
AU - Kingsley, Lawrence A.
AU - Kleerup, Eric
AU - Haberlen, Sabina A.
AU - Budoff, Matthew J.
AU - Witt, Mallory
AU - Post, Wendy S.
AU - Sciurba, Frank C.
AU - Morris, Alison
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Chandra et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
PY - 2017/4
Y1 - 2017/4
N2 - Rationale Individuals with HIV are at increased risk for coronary artery disease (CAD). Early detection of subclinical CAD by assessment of coronary artery calcium (CAC) may help risk stratify and prevent CAD events in these individuals. However, the current standard to quantify CAC i.e. Agatston scoring requires EKG-gated cardiac CT imaging. Objective To determine if the assessment of CAC using non-EKG-gated chest CT and the Weston scoring system is a useful surrogate for Agatston scores in HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected individuals. Methods and measurements CAC was assessed by both the Weston and Agatston score in 108 men enrolled in the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study. Results Participants were 55.2 (IQR 50.4; 59.9) years old and 62 (57.4%) were seropositive for HIV. Inter-observer agreement (rs = 0.94, ê = 90.0%, p<0.001, n = 21) and intra-observer agreement (rs = 0.95, ê = 95.2%, p<0.001, n = 97) for category of Weston score were excellent. Weston scores were associated with similar CAD risk factors as Agatston scores (age, race, HDL cholesterol level, all p<0.05) in our cohort. There was excellent correlation (rs = 0.92, p<0.001) and agreement (êw = 0.77, p<0.001) between Weston and Agatston scores. Conclusions This study is the first to examine calcium scoring using chest CT in HIV-infected individuals and to independently validate the Weston score as a surrogate for the Agatston score. In clinical or research settings where EKG-gated cardiac CT is not feasible for the assessment of coronary calcium, Weston scoring by using chest CT should be considered.
AB - Rationale Individuals with HIV are at increased risk for coronary artery disease (CAD). Early detection of subclinical CAD by assessment of coronary artery calcium (CAC) may help risk stratify and prevent CAD events in these individuals. However, the current standard to quantify CAC i.e. Agatston scoring requires EKG-gated cardiac CT imaging. Objective To determine if the assessment of CAC using non-EKG-gated chest CT and the Weston scoring system is a useful surrogate for Agatston scores in HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected individuals. Methods and measurements CAC was assessed by both the Weston and Agatston score in 108 men enrolled in the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study. Results Participants were 55.2 (IQR 50.4; 59.9) years old and 62 (57.4%) were seropositive for HIV. Inter-observer agreement (rs = 0.94, ê = 90.0%, p<0.001, n = 21) and intra-observer agreement (rs = 0.95, ê = 95.2%, p<0.001, n = 97) for category of Weston score were excellent. Weston scores were associated with similar CAD risk factors as Agatston scores (age, race, HDL cholesterol level, all p<0.05) in our cohort. There was excellent correlation (rs = 0.92, p<0.001) and agreement (êw = 0.77, p<0.001) between Weston and Agatston scores. Conclusions This study is the first to examine calcium scoring using chest CT in HIV-infected individuals and to independently validate the Weston score as a surrogate for the Agatston score. In clinical or research settings where EKG-gated cardiac CT is not feasible for the assessment of coronary calcium, Weston scoring by using chest CT should be considered.
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U2 - 10.1371/journal.pone.0176557
DO - 10.1371/journal.pone.0176557
M3 - Article
C2 - 28453572
AN - SCOPUS:85018388884
SN - 1932-6203
VL - 12
JO - PloS one
JF - PloS one
IS - 4
M1 - e0176557
ER -