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Comparing Risk Scores in the Prediction of Coronary and Cardiovascular Deaths
Author(s) -
Michael J. Blaha,
Seamus P. Whelton,
Mahmoud Al Rifai,
Zeina Dardari,
Leslee J. Shaw,
Mouaz H. AlMallah,
Kunihiro Matsushita,
Alan Rozanski,
John A. Rumberger,
Daniel S. Berman,
Matthew J. Budoff,
Michael D. Miedema,
Khurram Nasir,
Miguel CainzosAchirica
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
jacc. cardiovascular imaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.79
H-Index - 120
eISSN - 1936-878X
pISSN - 1876-7591
DOI - 10.1016/j.jcmg.2019.12.010
Subject(s) - medicine , cohort , asymptomatic , framingham risk score , guideline , population , cohort study , risk assessment , mesa , retrospective cohort study , demography , disease , cardiology , environmental health , pathology , computer science , computer security , sociology , programming language
This study compared risk discrimination for the prediction of coronary heart disease (CHD) and cardiovascular disease (CVD) deaths for the Pooled Cohort Equations (PCE), the MESA (Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis) Risk Score (with and without coronary artery calcium [CAC]), and of simple addition of CAC to the PCE.

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