[
    {
        "id": "osp-9840",
        "type": "article-journal",
        "title": "Thoracic Aorta Calcification and Risk of All-Cause Mortality and Cardiovascular Outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis",
        "author": [
            {
                "family": "Alam",
                "given": "Yasir Salah Jumah"
            },
            {
                "family": "Nafakhi",
                "given": "Hussein"
            },
            {
                "family": "Jumaah",
                "given": "Alaa Salah"
            },
            {
                "family": "Yasseen",
                "given": "Akeel Abed"
            },
            {
                "family": "Alam",
                "given": "Zahraa Alaa Salah"
            },
            {
                "family": "Abdulraheem",
                "given": "Ali Athir"
            }
        ],
        "URL": "https://omanscience.com/ar/articles/thoracic-aorta-calcification-and-risk-of-all-cause-mortality-and-cardiovascular-outcomes-a-systematic-review-and-meta-analysis",
        "language": "en",
        "issued": {
            "date-parts": [
                [
                    2026
                ]
            ]
        },
        "container-title": "Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal",
        "volume": "26",
        "issue": "1",
        "page": "92-103",
        "DOI": "10.18295/2075-0528.2960",
        "publisher": "Sultan Qaboos University",
        "ISSN": "2075-051X",
        "abstract": "This review aimed to assess thoracic aorta calcification (TAC) as a predictor of all-cause mortality, cardiovascular (CV) morbidity and mortality across various clinical settings using different imaging modalities. Medical databases were systematically searched up to mid-July 2025 for studies linking TAC with mortality and CV outcomes. A total of 43 studies involving 176,738 participants were included. TAC was associated with higher risks of all-cause mortality (hazard ratio [HR] = 1.614), CV mortality (HR = 2.130), coronary events (HR = 1.423), major adverse cardiac events (HR = 2.011) and stroke (HR = 1.450. Computed tomography showed the strongest associations (all-cause mortality HR = 1.810; CV mortality HR = 2.641), followed by chest radiography and echocardiography. Mortality risk was elevated across all aortic segments, including descending aorta (HR = 1.414), aortic arch (HR = 1.362), ascending aorta (HR = 1.350) and aortic root (HR = 1.240). TAC is a strong predictor of all-cause mortality, coronary events, CV mortality and morbidity."
    }
]