Although clinical variables are predictive of CAD events, CTA identified coronary atherosclerosis in a significant proportion of patients with low to intermediate FRS, and a small minority of patients with high FRS had no evidence of atherosclerosis. Prospective studies are required to determine the potential value of identifying coronary atherosclerosis using CTA and to assess whether modifying therapies based on these results are warranted.
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