… the young, specific tools for prediction and interpretation of CAC scores are needed to help
… absolute CAC score was a better predictor of short-term coronary heart disease events, age-…

… highly predictive of CHD events even after stratification by 10-… , absolute CAC scores predict
CHD events better than scores … been associated with a 5-fold increase in CHD event risk. …

… countries, we compared the absolute calcium scores of the median percentile according to
… the demonstration that they predict events more accurately than those currently available, …

… could help stratify the risk of ASCVD events in participants … in event prediction by addition
of CAC score were more … system used in their study may underestimate absolute risk in …

… in predicting MACE. However, the absolute CAC score classification may be more suitable
… from the time of their CAC score measurements and continued until the event date or death, …

… Third, predictions of event rates could be further individualized for … prediction based on
categorization by absolute score has been demonstrated to perform better (27) and is more …

… coronary plaque area and/or CAC volume measures with calcium density improves risk
prediction for ASCVD events, … peak calcium density per lesion in the setting of ASCVD event and …

… disease showed an absolute risk reduction of cardiovascular events of 0.38% with an absolute
risk … It is more accurate in predicting events than any technique available in asymptomatic …

… Coronary calcium predicts events better with absolute calcium scores than age-sex-race/ethnicity
percentiles: MESA (Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis). J Am Coll Cardiol 2009;53(4)…

… to conduct a more formal comparison of CVD event rates in … the CAC score cutoffs that
correspond to the event rates found … risk factors and can help predict the risk of developing future …