Author/Authors :
Achenbach، نويسنده , , Stephan and Nomayo، نويسنده , , Antonia and Couturier، نويسنده , , Georg and Ropers، نويسنده , , Dieter and Pohle، نويسنده , , Karsten and Schlundt، نويسنده , , Christian and Schmermund، نويسنده , , Axel and Matarazzo، نويسنده , , Thomas J. and Hoffmann، نويسنده , , Udo and Daniel، نويسنده , , Werner G and Killip، نويسنده , , Thomas، نويسنده ,
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.
