Why the study?
Does coronary artery calcium scoring improve risk stratification and alter preventive treatment allocation compared to traditional SCORE assessment in asymptomatic subjects?
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May reduce unnecessary preventive therapy allocation; leaves open whether CAC-based strategies improve outcomes over SCORE.
Does coronary artery calcium scoring improve risk stratification and alter preventive treatment allocation compared to traditional SCORE assessment in asymptomatic subjects?
CAC imaging in asymptomatic individuals classifies a significantly larger proportion of patients as low risk compared to traditional risk scores, potentially reducing the overprescription of preventive medications.
Raimund Erbel (2020) studied this question.