Abdominal Aortic Calcification

Machine learning may be able to identify older adults most at risk for major adverse cardiovascular events by assessing abdominal aortic calcification in vertebral fracture assessment images, according to study data.

Osteoporosis prevalence is high for patients undergoing lung cancer screening, regardless of race, ethnicity and income, but CT with AI detects osteoporosis and body composition without additional testing or radiation, researchers reported.

Older patients and those with chronic kidney disease who have abdominal aortic calcification are at elevated risk for future CV events and poorer prognosis, according to results published in the Journal of the American Heart Association.