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. 2020 Apr 7;75(13):1610-1613.
doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2020.01.047.

Incidence of New Coronary Calcification: Time to Conversion From CAC = 0

Omar Dzaye, Zeina A Dardari, Miguel Cainzos-Achirica, Ron Blankstein, Moyses Szklo, Matthew J Budoff, Joao A C Lima, Roger S Blumenthal, Khurram Nasir, Michael J Blaha

Incidence of New Coronary Calcification: Time to Conversion From CAC = 0

Omar Dzaye et al. J Am Coll Cardiol. .
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FIGURE 1. Time to Conversion From CAC = 0 in the MESA Study
Time period to incident coronary artery calcium (CAC) conversion (in years) from CAC = 0 as a function of estimated 10-year atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease risk (A), age (B), sex and desired yield of testing (number needed to scan [NNS]). MESA = Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis.
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