Extracoronary Atherosclerotic Plaque at Multiple Sites and Total Coronary Calcification Deposit in Asymptomatic Men

Abstract

In an apparently healthy population, the extracoronary atherosclerotic burden as measured with multiple-site echography appears to be more powerful than the ultrafast computed tomography-detected coronary calcium burden in reflecting the multifactorial coronary risk profile. However, only men were included in the present study, and the present findings cannot be extrapolated to women.