Predictive Utility of Coronary Artery Calcium Score Added to the PREVENT Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Equations

Among US adults aged 45 to 79 years, addition of CAC score to the PREVENT-ASCVD equations across all risk groups overall only modestly improved and, in some groups, did not change model discrimination and reclassification. Reclassification results support selective use of CAC in those with borderline to intermediate risk estimated by the PREVENT-ASCVD equations.

Corresponding Author: Nilay S. Shah, MD, MPH, Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, 750 N Lake Shore Dr, Ste 680, Chicago, IL 60611 (nilay.shah@northwestern.edu).

Link to the article in your story

We encourage you to link out to this article in your story using the link below. It includes an access token that will give free access to the article for your readers up to one year after publication. (The link will be live after the article publishes and embargo is lifted.)

Please see the article for additional information, including full author list, author contributions and affiliations, conflict of interest and financial disclosures, and funding and support.

Need more information? Contact us.