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Small whole heart volume predicts cardiovascular events in patients with stable chest pain: insights from the PROMISE trial.

Foldyna BorekRoman ZeleznikParastou EslamiThomas MayrhoferJan-Erik ScholtzMaros FerencikDaniel O BittnerNandini M MeyersohnStefan B PuchnerHamed EmamiPatricia A PellikkaHugo J W L AertsPamela S DouglasMichael T LuUdo Hoffmann
Published in: European radiology (2021)
• Heart volume is easily assessable from non-contrast cardiac computed tomography. • Small heart volume may be an imaging marker of major adverse cardiac events independent and incremental to traditional cardiovascular risk factors and established CT measures of CAD. • Heart volume may improve cardiovascular risk stratification in patients with non-obstructive CAD.
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