Coronary Calcium Predicts All-Cause Mortality in Suspected Acute Aortic Syndrome.

Purpose: To determine long-term clinical outcomes in patients with suspected acute aortic syndrome (AAS) and evaluate the prognostic value of coronary calcium burden as assessed with CT aortography in this symptomatic population.

Materials And Methods: A retrospective cohort of all patients who underwent emergency CT aortography from January 2007 through January 2012 for suspected AAS was assembled. A medical record survey tool was used to evaluate subsequent clinical events over 10 years of follow-up.