title: Relation between coronary calcium and 10-year risk scores in primary prevention patients.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology and Cardiology Division, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massacusetts 02114, USA. Sachenbach@partners.org
authors.forename: Stephan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Achenbach
authors.forename: Antonia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nomayo
authors.forename: Georg
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Couturier
authors.forename: Dieter
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ropers
authors.forename: Karsten
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Pohle
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Schlundt
authors.forename: Axel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schmermund
authors.forename: Thomas J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Matarazzo
authors.forename: Udo
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Hoffmann
authors.forename: Werner G
authors.initials: WG
authors.lastname: Daniel
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Killip
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000465:Algorithms; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011322:Primary Prevention; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology