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Abstract 14140: Coronary Artery Calcium and the Sex-Specific Competing Risk of Cardiovascular versus Cancer Mortality: The CAC Consortium

Omar Dzaye, Mahmoud S Al Rifai, Zeina Dardari, Leslee J. Shaw, Mouaz Husayn Al-Mallah, Catherine Handy Marshall, Alan Rozanski, Martin Bødtker Mortensen, Kunihiro Matsushita, John A. Rumberger, Daniel S. Berman, Matthew Jay Budoff, Michael D. Miedema, Khurram Nasir, Michael Joseph Blaha, Seamus Paul Whelton

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Introduction: Coronary artery calcium (CAC) is a predictor of both cardiovascular disease (CVD) and cancer, which are the two leading causes of death worldwide. While age and sex specific CAC value...

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Key concepts: Medicine, Coronary artery calcium, Cardiology, Coronary artery disease, Internal medicine, Disease, Cancer