Impact of coronary artery calcium on coronary heart disease events in individuals at the extremes of traditional risk factor burden: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis.
The presence of a high CAC burden, even among individuals without risk factors, is associated with an elevated event rate, whereas the absence of CAC, even among those with many risk factors, is associated with a low event rate. CAC scoring can further risk-stratify asymptomatic individuals at the extremes of risk factor burden.
- Journal: European Heart Journal
- Year: 2013
- Topic: Cardiac CT, Cardiovascular Risk Assessment
- Read more articles by: Roger S. Blumenthal, MD, Michael Blaha, MD, MPH, Khurram Nasir, MD, MPH
