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Comparative Study
. 2003 Dec 15;92(12):1471-5.
doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2003.08.064.

Relation between coronary calcium and 10-year risk scores in primary prevention patients

Stephan Achenbach  1 , Antonia Nomayo, Georg Couturier, Dieter Ropers, Karsten Pohle, Christian Schlundt, Axel Schmermund, Thomas J Matarazzo, Udo Hoffmann, Werner G Daniel, Thomas Killip
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Comparative Study

Relation between coronary calcium and 10-year risk scores in primary prevention patients

Stephan Achenbach et al. Am J Cardiol. .

Abstract

In 380 patients, coronary calcifications were quantified by electron beam tomography and compared with the predicted 10-year cardiovascular event risk determined by the Framingham equation, Adult Treatment Panel III tables, and the PROCAM algorithm. The correlation between the amount of calcium and the predicted cardiac event risk was low (correlation coefficient range 0.19 to 0.28). The assessment of coronary calcium may thus potentially yield information that is additive to the analysis of traditional risk factors.

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