Prognostic value of coronary artery calcium screening in subjects with and without diabetes.

By P. Raggi, L. Shaw, D. Berman, T. Callister. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2004

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Role of smooth muscle cells in vascular calcification: implications in atherosclerosis and arterial stiffness (2018, background): “Coronary arterial calcification (CAC) is an independent predictor for all-cause mortality independent of diabetic status.(4) More than 70%”
Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease and Heart Failure in Type 2 Diabetes – Mechanisms, Management, and Clinical Considerations (2016, positive): “Coronary calcium score as measured by electron-beam computed tomography is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular events and all-cause mortality in persons with or without diabetes mellitus.(166,168,169) Individuals with diabetes mellitus have higher coronary artery calcification scores than ”
Long-term prognosis associated with coronary calcification: observations from a registry of 25,253 patients. (2007, background): “Indeed, even a cohort of approximately 900 diabetic patients followed for 5-year survival was 98.8% in the absence of CAC ( 16 ).”