Morteza Naghavi, Anthony Reeves, Matthew Budoff, Dong Li, Kyle Atlas, Chenyu Zhang, Thomas Atlas, Sion K Roy, Claudia I Henschke, Nathan D Wong, Christopher Defilippi, Daniel Levy, David F Yankelevitz
INTRODUCTION: Coronary artery calcium (CAC) scans contain useful information beyond the Agatston CAC score that is not currently reported. We recently reported that artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled cardiac chambers volumetry in CAC scans (AI-CAC™) predicted incident atrial fibrillation in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). In this study, we investigated the performance of AI-CAC cardiac chambers for prediction of incident heart failure (HF). METHODS: We applied AI-CAC to 5750 CAC scans of asymptomatic individuals (52% female, White 40%, Black 26%, Hispanic 22% Chinese 12%) free of known cardiovascular disease at the MESA baseline examination (2000-2002)...
April 24, 2024: Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography