Coronary Artery Calcium Score and Risk Classification for Coronary Heart Disease Prediction

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28 April 2010

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Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA

Vol. 303 (16) , 1610-1616
https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2010.461

Abstract

The coronary artery calcium score (CACS) has been shown in large prospective studies to be associated with the risk of future cardiovascular events.¹^-4 Recent data from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA), a population-based cohort of individuals without known cardiovascular disease, found that a CACS greater than 300 was associated with a hazard ratio for future coronary heart disease (CHD) events of nearly 10.⁴ In addition, including CACS in a prediction model based on traditional risk factors significantly improved the prediction of future CHD events.

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