Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- * Individuals aged 21-90 years with stable CAD.
- * Patients with any amount of atherosclerosis via coronary angiogram or coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA).
- * Patients undergoing revascularization therapy or recent acute coronary syndrome (ACS) will be eligible for recruitment and will be recruited at least 4 weeks after admission for an ACS or percutaneous intervention and 3 months after coronary bypass graft surgery.
- * Patients with CAC levels ≥ 400
Exclusion Criteria:
- * Planned revascularization,
- * New York Heart Association class III or IV heart failure symptoms,
- * LVEF \<40%,
- * eGFR\<45,
- * Pregnancy, congenital heart disease, severe symptomatic valvular heart disease, active malignancy and cardiac transplant.
Ages Eligible for Study:
21 Years to 90 Years (ADULT, OLDER_ADULT)
Sexes Eligible for Study: ALL
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
No