Circulating CTRP9 and aortic valve calcification jointly predict coronary artery calcification in coronary heart disease patients (opens in new tab)

BackgroundVascular calcification predicts adverse cardiovascular outcomes. CTRP9, an adiponectin paralog, has vascular protective effects. We evaluated the association of circulating CTRP9 with aortic valve calcification (AVC) and coronary artery calcification (CAC) in a cross-sectional observational study.MethodsNine hundred coronary heart disease patients underwent echocardiography and optical coherence tomography; serum CTRP9 was measured in a subset. Logistic regression identified CAC det...