CACS Improves Risk Classification

JAMA — Abstract: Coronary Artery Calcium Score and Risk Classification for Coronary Heart Disease Prediction, April 28, 2010, Polonsky et al. 303 (16): 1610

Conclusion: In this multi-ethnic cohort, addition of CACS to a prediction model based on traditional risk factors significantly improved the classification of risk and placed more individuals in the most extreme risk categories.

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