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This research aimed to develop a new coronary calcium score to evaluate calcified plaque in arteries and its relationship to cardiovascular risk factors and events.

April 15, 2008Radiology

Coronary Calcium Coverage Score: Determination, Correlates, and Predictive Accuracy in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis

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This research aimed to develop a new coronary calcium score to evaluate calcified plaque in arteries and its relationship to cardiovascular risk factors and events.
Calculated coronary calcium coverage score (CCS) in 3252 participants using unenhanced cardiac CT.
Utilized quasi-Poisson models and Cox proportional hazards models to analyze associations and predict cardiovascular events.
Assessed predictive ability using area under the receiver operating characteristic curves and bootstrap t tests.
CCS was significantly associated with hypertension, dyslipidemia, and diabetes (P < .001).
A twofold increase in CCS corresponded to a 52% increase in risk for coronary heart disease (CHD) events (95% CI: 34%, 72%).
CCS outperformed Agatston and mass scores in predicting CHD events, despite no differences found in predicting hard cardiac events.

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Randomized trial demonstrates the predictive value of coronary calcium score in cardiovascular events, highlighting important risk factors.

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Brown et al. (2008) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a63f800afcd897b86928706 https://doi.org/10.1148/radiol.2473071469

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Randomized trial demonstrates the predictive value of coronary calcium score in cardiovascular events, highlighting important risk factors.

Coronary Calcium Coverage Score: Determination, Correlates, and Predictive Accuracy in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis

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Coronary Calcium Coverage Score: Determination, Correlates, and Predictive Accuracy in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis

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