Korea Atherosclerosis Study-3 (KAS3)

Seoul National University

Status: Completed

Conditions: All-cause Mortality; Cardiovascular Mortality; Cardiovascular Diseases

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01168362

M10642140004-06N4214

Details and patient eligibility

About

Multidetector-row Computed Tomography (CT) has been introduced for use in the diagnosis of coronary heart disease. The investigators aimed to characterize coronary artery disease in subjects with cardiovascular risk or not, and in particular plaque natures depending on different status of cardiovascular risk. Especially,the investigators will evaluate the relationships between the pericardial fat and severity of stenosis as well as plaque characteristics using logistic regression models.

Enrollment: 4,000 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 90 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Korean capable of Multidetector-Row Cardiac Computed Tomography (MDCT)

Exclusion criteria

• malignancy
• infection
• shock

Trial design

4,000 participants in 2 patient groups

High risk group

Description:

positive cardiovascular risk group

Low risk group

Description:

negative cardiovascular risk group