Coronary artery calcium score and coronary heart disease events in a large cohort of asymptomatic men and women.

MJ, LaMonte; SJ, FitzGerald; TS, Church; CE, Barlow; NB, Radford; BD, Levine; JJ, Pippin; LW, Gibbons; SN, Blair; MZ, Nichaman

doi:10.1093/aje/kwi228

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Coronary artery calcium score and coronary heart disease events in a large cohort of asymptomatic men and women.

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LaMonte MJ

FitzGerald SJ

Church TS

Abstract

Coronary artery calcium (CAC), a measure of subclinical coronary heart disease (CHD), may be useful in identifying asymptomatic persons at risk of CHD events. The current study included 10,746 adults who were 22-96 years of age, were free of known CHD, and had their CAC quantified by electron-beam t...

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