Does the presence of coronary artery calcification improve prognostic accuracy for ASCVD risk compared to traditional risk factors in low-risk women?
In low-risk women, the presence of CAC is common and modestly improves ASCVD prognostic accuracy beyond traditional risk factors.
Among women at low ASCVD risk, CAC was present in approximately one-third and was associated with an increased risk of ASCVD and modest improvement in prognostic accuracy compared with traditional risk factors. Further research is needed to assess the clinical utility and cost-effectiveness of this additional accuracy.
Kavousi et al. (Wed,) studied this question.