Distribution of Coronary Artery Calcium Scores by Framingham 10-Year Risk Strata in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA): Potential Implications for Coronary Risk Assessment

OBJECTIVES: By examining the distribution of CAC across FRS strata in a large, multi-ethnic, community-based sample of men and women, we sought to determine if lower risk persons could potentially benefit from CAC screening. BACKGROUND: The 10-year Framingham risk scores (FRS) and coronary artery ca...

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Hauptverfasser: Okwuosa, Tochi M., Greenland, Philip, Ning, Hongyan, Liu, Kiang, Bild, Diane E., Burke, Gregory L., Eng, John, Lloyd-Jones, Donald M.
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Sprache:Inglês
Veröffentlicht: 2011
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Online Zugang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3268231/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21527159
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2010.11.053
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