Does coronary computed tomographic angiography improve prognostication of 6-year all-cause mortality in asymptomatic individuals compared to conventional risk factors and CACS?
CCTA does not provide incremental prognostic value for 6-year all-cause mortality in asymptomatic individuals beyond conventional risk factors and coronary artery calcium scoring.
Coronary computed tomographic angiography improved prognostication of 6-year all-cause mortality beyond a set of conventional RF alone, although, no further incremental value was offered by CCTA when CCTA findings were added to a model incorporating RF and CACS.
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