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

Tamar S. Polonsky | Zendy; Robyn L. McClelland | Zendy; Neal W. Jorgensen | Zendy; Diane E. Bild | Zendy; Gregory L. Burke | Zendy; Alan D. Guerci | Zendy; Philip Greenland | Zendy

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

Author(s) -

Tamar S. Polonsky,

Robyn L. McClelland,

Neal W. Jorgensen,

Diane E. Bild,

Gregory L. Burke,

Alan D. Guerci,

Philip Greenland

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

jama

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 4.688

H-Index - 680

eISSN - 1538-3598

pISSN - 0098-7484

DOI - 10.1001/jama.2010.461

Subject(s) - medicine , myocardial infarction , cohort , cardiology , framingham risk score , confidence interval , coronary artery disease , proportional hazards model , diabetes mellitus , population , disease , environmental health , endocrinology

The coronary artery calcium score (CACS) has been shown to predict future coronary heart disease (CHD) events. However, the extent to which adding CACS to traditional CHD risk factors improves classification of risk is unclear.

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