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Researchers at the Henry Ford Hospital analyzed cardiac computed tomography angiography (CCTA) data from 8, 200 patients and found that people with a family history of coronary artery disease has higher risk of developing obstructive CAD (28 percent) and atheromatous coronary artery plaques than those without a family history.

Cardiac computed tomography angiography (CCTA) is a non-invasive imaging test which uses the CT scanner to image blood vessels of the heart. CCTA can see through the coronary artery and measure the extend of the plaques and CAD.

The Henry Ford Hospital study is the largest one to date using CCTA and the results are presented at the 59th annual American College of Cardiology Scientific Sessions in Atlanta.

“This is the first study to show that family history of premature coronary artery disease is a significant predictor of obstructive coronary artery disease using coronary computed tomography,” says Mouaz Al-Mallah, M.D., director of Cardiac Imaging Research at Henry Ford and lead author of the study.