July 6, 2015Annals of Internal Medicine
Calibration and Discrimination Among Multiple Cardiovascular Risk Scores in a Modern Multiethnic Cohort
Key result
Evidence for a direct effect of coronary artery calcium scoring on hard cardiovascular outcomes is limited and does not fully explain the overestimation of ASCVD risk.
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Implication
This letter discusses the limitations of coronary artery calcium (CAC) scoring in explaining the overestimation of ASCVD risk by the AHA-ACC risk score.
PICO
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Population
Cardiovascular risk
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Exposure / Comparator
Coronary artery calcium (CAC) scoring
This letter discusses the limitations of coronary artery calcium (CAC) scoring in explaining the overestimation of ASCVD risk by the AHA-ACC risk score.
Cite This Study
DeFilippis et al. (2015) conducted a letter in Cardiovascular risk. Coronary artery calcium (CAC) scoring was evaluated. Evidence for a direct effect of coronary artery calcium scoring on hard cardiovascular outcomes is limited and does not fully explain the overestimation of ASCVD risk.