Coronary artery calcium (CAC) score for cardiovascular risk stratification in a Thai clinical cohort: A comparison of absolute scores and age-sex-specific percentiles.

ABSTRACT:

Purposes

Coronary artery calcium (CAC) score provides a quantification of atherosclerotic plaque within the coronary arteries. This study aimed to examine the prevalence and CAC score distribution and to evaluate the association of each CAC score classifications with major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) in a Thai clinical cohort.

Methods

This study was a retrospective observational cohort. We included patients aged above 35 years who underwent CAC score testing. The absolute and age-sex specific percentile classifications were categorized as 0, 1 to 10, 11 to 100, 101 to 400, and >400 and 0, <75^th, 75^th - 90^th, and >90^th, respectively. The endpoint was MACE, including cardiovascular death, myocardial infarction, heart failure

SUBMITTER: Kitjanukit S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10788496 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature