JACC. Cardiovascular imaging
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JACC Cardiovasc Imaging · Dec 2016
Multicenter StudyImproving the CAC Score by Addition of Regional Measures of Calcium Distribution: Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis.
The aim of this study was to investigate whether inclusion of simple measures of calcified plaque distribution might improve the ability of the traditional Agatston coronary artery calcium (CAC) score to predict cardiovascular events. ⋯ The number of coronary arteries with calcified plaque, indicating increasingly "diffuse" multivessel subclinical atherosclerosis, adds significantly to the traditional Agatston CAC score for the prediction of CHD and CVD events.