Am J Cardiol. Am Heart J. No direct measurements of blood pressure, lipids or glucose were taken for the purposes of this study. Using US-derived percentiles in Brazilian individuals may lead to overestimating relative CAC burden in men and underestimating relative CAC burden in women. The calcium score was quantified using the Agatston method. Spike Protein Detected in PostCOVID-19 mRNA Vaccine Myocarditis, PCSK9 Inhibition During Inflammatory Stage of COVID-19 Infection, Treatment of Radiation-Induced Aortic Stenosis: Key Points, Study of Heart and Kidney Protection With Empagliflozin, Congenital Heart Disease and Pediatric Cardiology, Invasive Cardiovascular Angiography and Intervention, Pulmonary Hypertension and Venous Thromboembolism. Your calcium score will be provided in terms of both an absolute score and percentile based upon age, gender, and ethnicity. We measured the independent cross-sectional associations between conventional cardiac risk factors and the CAC score among asymptomatic persons referred for non-contrast electron beam computed tomography. This comparison was made both graphically and statistically, using X2 tests with 3 degrees of freedom to compare the expected frequencies based on each model with the observed frequencies. Using the case example presented in the Background section, we calculated that a 60-year-old woman with Stage I hypertension (140/90 mmHg) and high cholesterol (LDL cholesterol = 155 mg/dl, HDL cholesterol = 40 mg/dl) will have a 15% risk of suffering a CHD event in 10 years, according to the Framingham equation. https://doi.org/10.1186/1741-7015-2-31, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1741-7015-2-31. CAC score >75th percentile, n (%) 13 (12.4) CAD, n (%) 44 (41.9) . Only the first CAC score was included for those who received more than one EBCT scan. 2006 Feb 7;113(5):647-56. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.105.552737. Should you do anything to prepare for acoronary calciumscreening? To answer this question, we need to know the effects of age, sex and other CHD risk factors on the expected distribution of CAC scores. New research suggests that a CAC score (which ranges from 0 to 1,000 or more) also can accurately predict a person's risk of dying over the following decade and a half. Wong ND, Kouwabunpat D, Vo AN, Detrano RC, Eisenberg H, Goel M, et al: Coronary calcium and atherosclerosis by ultrafast computed tomography in asymptomatic men and women: relation to age and risk factors. The Tobit model uses the cube-root of the CAC score as a continuous outcome for linear regression analysis, but assumes that scores at or below zero have been censored (coefficients not presented). Terms and Conditions, 2006;113(1):30-37. Am J Cardiol. Conclusions: Our results revealed that for a given CAC score, the ELSA-derived CAC percentile would be lower in men compared with the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) and would be higher in women compared with MESA. The analysis included 3616 individuals (54% female; mean age, 50 years). After measuring her CAC score, however, there is a good chance (64%) that our recommendations would change. JAMA. This led us naturally to a two-stage modeling approach. 2003, 289: 1278-87. For women, whites had the highest percentiles and Hispanics generally had the lowest; in the oldest age group, however, Chinese women had the lowest values. Coronary calcium predicts events better with absolute calcium scores than age-gender-race percentiles-The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). eCollection 2020. Actual prevalence measurements were from the 58- to 62-year-old non-smoking women in our study sample with hypertension, high cholesterol level, and no diabetes (n = 127). CAC score in each coronary artery was equal to the sum of all lesions for that artery and the total CAC score was equal to the sum of the score of each artery. Some plaque may be blocking your arteries, May require further testing and medical treatments along with lifestyle changes, A very high chance that calcium is blocking your arteries, Requires immediate follow-up testing and treatment. Greenland P, Gaziano JM: Clinical practice. What Is an Atherectomy and What Does It Involve? We first applied logistic regression to model the probability of a non-zero score, and then used linear regression to model the actual CAC score, log-transformed, for the subset of patients with non-zero values. 2018 May 4;14:75-80. doi: 10.2147/VHRM.S160669. WSB provided senior guidance in all aspects. Impact of Age and Sex on SubclinicalCoronary Atherosclerosis in a HealthyAsian Population. Together they form a unique fingerprint. Coronary calcium predicts events better . Risk Factors for Coronary Artery Disease (CAD). Our results revealed that for a given CAC score, the ELSA-derived CAC percentile would be lower in men compared with the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) and would be higher in women compared with MESA. based equations: one using original age, and the other using estimated arterial Mean age was 41 (3.3) years, 27% were women, 17% were Black, and 45% were in the WRC. At this time, the risk associated with a particular calcium score is unknown. Circulation. Mayo Clin Proc. Raggi P, Cooil B, Callister TQ: Use of electron beam tomography data to develop models for prediction of hard coronary events. eCollection 2022 Dec. Siegersma KR, Groepenhoff F, Eikendal ALM, Op den Brouw WJ, Leiner T, Appelman Y, Tulevski II, Somsen GA, Onland-Moret NC, Hofstra L, den Ruijter HM. Adjusted for age and sex, low-risk individuals from the Brazilian population present with significantly lower CAC prevalence and burden compared with other low-risk individuals from other worldwide populations. A higher coronary calcium score suggests you have a higher chance of significant narrowing in the coronary arteries and a higher risk of future heart attack. 10.1067/mhj.2001.113220. CAS Rumberger JA, Behrenbeck T, Breen JF, Sheedy PF: Coronary calcification by electron beam computed tomography and obstructive coronary artery disease: a model for costs and effectiveness of diagnosis as compared with conventional cardiac testing methods. The 75th percentile cut-off was stratified by gender and age and . Percentiles of CAC for age by ethnic group. Here are some of the best exercises to keep your heart strong and reduce your risk of heart disease and stroke. Our models should be applied to other similar cohorts for validation, and also applied in cohorts that include different racial/ethnic groups and different ways of measuring the CAC score before being used in these clinical situations. Scans were obtained within 100 ms and were electrocardiographically triggered at 6080% of the R-R interval. Yang T, Doherty TM, Wong ND, Detrano RC: Alcohol consumption, coronary calcium, and coronary heart disease events. (CAC) from Agatston units to age units, to a scale more easily appreciated by sharing sensitive information, make sure youre on a federal Using US-derived percentiles in Brazilian individuals may lead to overestimating relative CAC burden in men and underestimating relative CAC burden in women. High coronary atherosclerotic burden was . PMC Again, the Framingham 10-year CHD risk estimate was a very strong predictor of the extent of calcification, though when used alone in a model, it explained somewhat less of the variance (R2 = 0.11) than the full model (R2 = 0.17). Given this information, we would continue to recommend a healthy diet and exercise, but might decide that cholesterol-lowering medication is unnecessary [1], and that the benefits of aspirin in terms of CHD prevention do not outweigh the risk of hemorrhagic stroke associated with aspirin use [2]. Results: Percentiles of CAC distribution were estimated with nonparametric techniques. 2022 Apr 6;77:100013. doi: 10.1016/j.clinsp.2022.100013. The CAC score is fundamentally not normally distributed because of the large percentage of zero measurements, and hence is not amenable to a normalizing transformation, as noted by others [13]. This does not apply to diabetics. (2018). The coronary artery calcium (CAC) score is an independent predictor of coronary heart disease risk [37], and therefore may help in deciding how aggressively to pursue cholesterol-lowering, anti-platelet therapy and other primary prevention strategies. a patient is "high risk", but can indicate whether they have a high calcium not only a score based on different coronary artery distributions, but a percentile score based on age, gender, and ethnicity. Disclaimer, National Library of Medicine Our strategy outperformed two other modeling strategies in predicting the actual CAC distribution among the 5862-year-old non-smoking non-diabetic women with hypertension and high cholesterol in our study sample (n = 127) (Figure 2). N Engl J Med. 2019 Nov-Dec;13(6):319-324. doi: 10.1016/j.jcct.2018.12.001. The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the Congenital Heart Disease and Pediatric Cardiology, Invasive Cardiovascular Angiography and Intervention, Pulmonary Hypertension and Venous Thromboembolism, ACC Anywhere: The Cardiology Video Library, CardioSource Plus for Institutions and Practices, Annual Scientific Session and Related Events, ACC Quality Improvement for Institutions Program, National Cardiovascular Data Registry (NCDR). On the other hand, CHD risk assessment is often based on the same type of limited information we had available on each of our patients, so the models we present are perhaps more easily applicable to common clinical situations than models based on more detailed clinical data. Hypothesis: The CAC distribution, stratified for age, gender and race, is similar to the previously described distribution in the MESA study. FOIA Wang F, Rozanski A, Dey D, Arnson Y, Gransar H, Friedman J, Hayes SW, Thomson LEJ, Tamarappoo B, Shaw LJ, Min JK, Rumberger JA, Budoff MJ, Miedema MD, Blaha MJ, Berman DS. On the other hand, if her CAC score were over 100 (17% chance), our estimate of her CHD risk would be approximately doubled (2531% if CAC score = 101400) or tripled (3451% if CAC score > 400). According to current guidelines, this 60-year-old woman, whose 10-year CHD risk estimate is about 15%, should receive both aspirin and cholesterol-lowering drug therapy, aiming for a goal LDL cholesterol of 130 mg/dl [1, 2]. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. Al Helali S, Abid Hanif M, Alshugair N, Al Majed A, Belfageih A, Al Qahtani H, Al Dulikan S, Hamed H, Al Mousa A. Int J Cardiol Heart Vasc. Adjusted for age and sex, low-risk individuals from the Brazilian population present with significantly lower CAC prevalence and burden compared with other low-risk individuals from other worldwide populations. The authors harmonized three datasetsCARDIA (Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults), the CAC Consortium (multicenter cohort physician referred for risk stratification), and the WRC (Walter Reed Cohort; armed forces)to study CAC in 19,725 asymptomatic Black and White individuals aged 30-45 years without known atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). Age-gender distribution of coronary artery calcium score in a black African population in Ghana. An accurate estimate of 10-year CHD risk can be obtained using traditional risk factors and CAC. score relative to others with the same age, gender, and race/ethnicity. systolic blood pressure and use of anti-hypertensive medications and obtain two 2000, 36: 1253-60. abstract = "Background: Coronary artery calcium (CAC) has been demonstrated to independently predict the risk of cardiovascular events and all-cause mortality, especially among White populations. This can indicate your risk of coronary artery disease and heart attack. Please enable it to take advantage of the complete set of features! T1 - Age, Gender, and Race-Based Coronary Artery Calcium Score Percentiles in the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil). both patients and treating physicians. Dive into the research topics of 'Age, Gender, and Race-Based Coronary Artery Calcium Score Percentiles in the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil)'. 2007 May 29;115(21):2722-30. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.106.674143. 8600 Rockville Pike Abbreviations: CAC, coronary artery calcium; ELSA, Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health; MESA, MultiEthnic Study of Atherosclerosis. Circulation. Would you like email updates of new search results? After age 40, calcium from your bloodstream can settle in parts of your body. and Bensenor, {Isabela M.} and Lotufo, {Paulo A.}". Criqui MH, Knox JB, Denenberg JO, Forbang NI, McClelland RL, Novotny TE, Sandfort V, Waalen J, Blaha MJ, Allison MA. As expected, CAC prevalence and burden were steadily higher with increasing age, as well as increased in men and in White individuals. Adjusted for age and sex, low-risk individuals from the Brazilian population present with significantly lower CAC prevalence and burden compared with other low-risk individuals from other worldwide populations. Pletcher, M.J., Tice, J.A., Pignone, M. et al. N Engl J Med. Circulation. Ethnicity, haemostasis and cardiovascular disease: the evidence from Africa. Pletcher MJ, Tice JA, Pignone M, Browner WS: Using the coronary artery calcium score to predict coronary heart disease events: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Our results revealed that for a given CAC score, the ELSA-derived CAC percentile would be lower in men compared with the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) and would be higher in women compared with MESA. Family history of premature coronary heart disease and coronary artery calcification: Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). of heart attack in first degree relative (parent/sibling/child) (yes/no), (2017). Blacks were lowest at the younger ages, and Chinese were lowest at the older ages. Eagles Eye View: AFib Ablation: Getting Better With Time! BMC Med 2, 31 (2004). Bensenor IM, Goulart AC, Pereira AC, Brunoni AR, Alencar A, Santos RD, Bittencourt MS, Telles RW, Machado LAC, Barreto SM, de Almeida-Pititto B, Janovsky CPS, Sgarbi JA, Tebar WR, Meneghini V, Junior FB, Ribeiro ACM, Pasoto SG, Pereira RMR, Bonf E, Sipahi AM, Santos IS, Lotufo PA. Clinics (Sao Paulo). We estimated the 10-year risk of a first CHD event using published mathematical models based on the Framingham study [16]. MESA Risk Score Calculator please click 'Start' button below: Coronary Artery Calcium (CAC) Score Reference Values web tool will provide the you are 55 years old, This approach is not ideal, as the Ln(CAC score +1) is still grossly non-normal there are too many zero scores. author = "Pereira, {Alexandre C.} and Gomez, {Luz M.} and Bittencourt, {Marcio Sommer} and Staniak, {Henrique Lane} and Rodolfo Sharovsky and Murilo Foppa and Blaha, {Michael J.} the observed age, gender, total cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, smoking status, Before In low risk scenarios, the CAC score is very likely to be zero or low, and unlikely to change management. How should a clinician use this CAC score (or any other) when assessing the CHD risk of a more typical patient, say a 60-year-old woman with hypertension and high cholesterol? Comparing patients on high (HIST) vs. low-to-intermediate intensity statin therapy (LIST), randomized controlled trials with a one-year follow-up failed to document a relevant difference in the Agatston score and CAC volume. Background: Coronary artery calcium (CAC) has been demonstrated to independently predict the risk of cardiovascular events and all-cause mortality, especially among White populations. 2010 Aug 17;122(7):743-52. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.109.914721. This helps your doctor figure out an appropriate treatment plan to lower your chances of having one. Similar to previous studies, individuals with self-reported coronary or cerebrovascular disease and those treated for diabetes mellitus were excluded from analysis. Diagnostic role of coronary calcium scoring in the rapid access chest . The analysis was repeated using more conservative estimates from the same paper: RR = 1.7 (for CAC 1100), RR = 3.0 (for CAC 101400), and RR = 4.3 (for CAC>400). Coronary calcification was defined as a plaque of at least 3 consecutive pixels (area = 1.03 mm2) with density 130 Hounsfield units. 10.1016/S0002-9149(02)02445-1. The site is secure. Before Alexandre C. Pereira, Luz M. Gomez, Marcio Sommer Bittencourt, Henrique Lane Staniak, Rodolfo Sharovsky, Murilo Foppa, Michael J. Blaha, Isabela M. Bensenor, Paulo A. Lotufo, Research output: Contribution to journal Article peer-review. 1990, 15: 827-32. Age and sex were strong predictors of the presence of CAC in logistic regression models (Table 2). Men had greater calcium levels than women, and calcium amount and prevalence were steadily higher with increasing age. African-American, Hispanic, or Chinese. We also considered a censored normal distribution, which would have allowed a one-step Tobit regression analysis. The probability that her treatment plan would be altered by measurement of her CAC score, therefore, is approximately 64% (the probability that her score is either 0 or >100 = 47% + 17%), indicating likely usefulness of the test in this situation. Al Rifai M, Martin SS, McEvoy JW, Nasir K, Blankstein R, Yeboah J, Miedema M, Shea SJ, Polak JF, Ouyang P, Blumenthal RS, Bittencourt M, Bensenor I, Santos RD, Duncan BB, Santos IS, Lotufo PA, Blaha MJ. Learn more about the many factors that can increase your risk of developing CAD. We evaluated the ability of each logistic model to discriminate subjects at high and low risk for CAC using the C-statistic, and estimated the proportion of variability in the extent of CAC explained in each linear regression model using the adjusted-R2 statistic. Coronary artery calcium (CAC) has been demonstrated to independently predict the risk of cardiovascular events and allcause mortality . Calcium and Traditional Risk Factors: Results from the Multi-Ethnic Our results revealed that for a given CAC score, the ELSA-derived CAC percentile would be lower in men compared with the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) and would be higher in women compared with MESA. age. This measure can be considered a The post-test CHD risk estimates for each CAC score category were then calculated algebraically by assuming that the overall 1-year CHD risk estimate represents an average of the 1-year risk estimates from the four CAC score categories, weighted by the probabilities that an individual's score would fall into each category. Subclinical atherosclerosis determined by coronary artery calcium deposition in patients with clinical familial hypercholesterolemia. 10.1016/0002-9149(93)90668-3. Several large cross-sectional studies have described the prevalence and extent of CAC among different age/sex groups [6, 810] without accounting for conventional CHD risk factors that may strongly influence predicted CAC scores. The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) provides a unique opportunity to examine the distribution of CAC on the basis of age, gender, and race/ethnicity in a cohort free of clinical cardiovascular disease and treated diabetes. Lower p values, in this case, indicate a poorer fit of the model to the observed data. Your doctor may divide this category as 110 (low risk) and 11100 (moderate risk). 2021 Jun 15;1(1):93-102. doi: 10.1016/j.jacasi.2021.05.002. Accessibility One other group used ordinal logistic regression analysis to analyze CAC scores categorized into four ordinal categories (quartiles in their study sample) [13]. This tool will calculate an estimated arterial age (and 95% confidence interval) given a CAC score input by the user. The score can also factor in your age, gender, and other factors. Am J Cardiol. J Am Coll Cardiol. Coronary Artery Calcium Volume andDensity: Potential Interactions and Overall Predictive Value: TheMulti-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. Would you like email updates of new search results? Circulation. Correspondence to Distribution of Coronary Artery Calcium by Age, Sex, and Race Among Patients 30-45 Years Old. Methods: The Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil) is a prospective cohort study designed to investigate subclinical cardiovascular disease in 6 different centers of Brazil. In White males aged 36 years, 15% had a CAC >0. All conventional CHD risk factors remained statistically significant predictors of the extent of coronary artery calcification (p < 0.001 for all predictors except high cholesterol at p = 0.004). The most widely used classification systems for the categorization of calcium scores-one using absolute values and one using those based on percentiles adjusted for gender, age, and ethnicity-are shown in Table 3, together with their clinical interpretation (15 15 Budoff MJ, Nasir K, McClelland RL, et al. Mayo Clin Proc. There were 6110 included in the analysis, with 53% female and an average age of 62 years. Optionally, one can also provide Atheroscler Plus. Using this methodology, we assessed the independent effects of CHD risk factors on both the presence and extent of CAC. Although the population distribution of CAC has been determined for several White populations, the distribution in ethnically admixed groups has not been well established. Age, Gender, and Race-Based Coronary Artery Calcium Score Percentiles in the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil). Results: Percentiles of CAC distribution were estimated with nonparametric techniques. 2022 Dec;9(2):e002005. P-values refer to a X2 test with 3 degrees of freedom comparing the expected frequencies based on each model with the observed frequencies. Mackey RH, Kuller LH, Sutton-Tyrrell K, Evans RW, Holubkov R, Matthews KA: Lipoprotein subclasses and coronary artery calcium in postmenopausal women from the healthy women study. Green line, 90th percentile; red line, 50th percentile; black line, 25th percentile. For men, whites consistently had the highest percentiles, and Hispanics had the second highest. Unable to load your collection due to an error, Unable to load your delegates due to an error. An official website of the United States government. PubMed We identified a large sample of men and women without clinical CHD who presented for electron beam computed tomography scanning. Methods: The Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil) is a prospective cohort study designed to investigate subclinical cardiovascular disease in 6 different centers of Brazil. Associations of baseline measures of subclinical atherosclerosis (coronary artery calcium, abdominal aortic plaque, and abdominal aortic wall thickness) with MoCA scores measured at follow-up were examined in the group as a whole and in relation to age and ApoE4 status. Combining information from the coronary artery calcium score with information from conventional risk factors to estimate coronary heart disease risk. We estimated these probabilities, using models containing the 10-year risk estimate as the only predictor, for a range of 10-year risk estimates. Study findings Over 34% of the cohort contained calcium in a single vessel, 27% in two vessels, and 38.7% in three or four vessels. Overall, Chinese and black women were intermediate, with their order dependent on age. All-cause mortality by age and gender based on coronary artery calcium scores. We then developed a method for combining information from conventional risk factors and the CAC score (easy spreadsheet calculator attached), and we present several examples illustrating how that method may be applied in common clinical situations. 2000, 86: 495-8. We identified 9341 persons without chest pain or a history of CHD presenting for their first EBCT scan between 4/15/95 and 12/31/97. Circulation. Bethesda, MD 20894, Web Policies Mitchell TL, Pippin JJ, Devers SM, Kimball TE, Cannaday JJ, Gibbons LW, et al: Age- and sex-based nomograms from coronary artery calcium scores as determined by electron beam computed tomography. Coronary brachytherapy is a procedure that helps prevent your blood vessels from becoming blocked after a stent placement. There were 6110 included in the analysis, with 53% female and an average age of 62 years. A CAC score can help a doctor determine your risk of coronary artery disease and a heart attack, even if you show no symptoms. CV risk factors included hyperlipidemia in 41%, hypertension in 17%, smokers 10%, and diabetes 3%. Agatston AS, Janowitz WR, Hildner FJ, Zusmer NR, Viamonte M, Detrano R: Quantification of coronary artery calcium using ultrafast computed tomography. PubMedGoogle Scholar. The one-stage regression model using Ln(CAC score +1) as the outcome, which has been utilized extensively in previous research [11, 12, 14, 20], performed particularly poorly. Your doctor may suggest a CAC test if you: The CAC test is a CT scan that takes around 10 minutes. Prev Cardiol. The analysis included 3616 individuals (54% female; mean age, 50 years). A CAC score of 300 or higher or 75th percentile or higher for age, sex, and ethnicity is considered high risk. Similar to previous studies, individuals with self-reported coronary or cerebrovascular disease and those treated for diabetes mellitus were excluded from analysis. It's a low-cost and noninvasive way to measure your heart health. Mahabadi AA, Lehman N, Jockel KH, Moebus S, Carr JJ, Blaha M, To use Arterial Age Calculator please click the button below. It may be converted to a percentile rank based on your age and gender. Asafu Adjaye Frimpong G, Owusu IK, Anyitey-Kokor IC, Wiafe-Kwakye CSNS, Aboagye E, Coleman NE, Amankwah P, Abaidoo NK. Blaha MJ, et al. /. Some treatment plans for coronary artery disease include: Your doctor may also recommend follow-up tests, procedures, or regular appointments to monitor your symptoms and reduce your risk of heart attack. Rumberger JA, Brundage BH, Rader DJ, Kondos G: Electron beam computed tomographic coronary calcium scanning: a review and guidelines for use in asymptomatic persons. Age and gender distri-butions of coronary artery calcium detected by electron . volume2, Articlenumber:31 (2004) CAC >0 automatically placed all females at the >90th percentile. Adjusted for age and sex, low-risk individuals from the Brazilian population present with significantly lower CAC prevalence and burden compared with other low-risk individuals from other worldwide populations. Pereira, A. C., Gomez, L. M., Bittencourt, M. S., Staniak, H. L., Sharovsky, R., Foppa, M. Pereira, AC, Gomez, LM, Bittencourt, MS, Staniak, HL, Sharovsky, R, Foppa, M. Pereira AC, Gomez LM, Bittencourt MS, Staniak HL, Sharovsky R, Foppa M et al. A cholesterol artery test, or coronary artery calcium test (CAC), is an advanced cholesterol screening that measures the amount of calcium in your arteries. We considered three sets of predictors: 1) age and sex, 2) age, sex, hypertension, high cholesterol, smoking, and diabetes, and 3) the Framingham 10-year CHD risk estimate. 2003, 13: 163-9. and a coronary artery calcium score (Agatston units). What a coronary calcium score says about your heart health. Health Conditions Featured By integrating this information with previously published relative risk estimates (see Additional File 1), we estimate her 10-year CHD risk to be as low as 6% (if her CAC score is 0), or as high as 51% (if her CAC score is >400). The current tool is thus applicable The procedure will expose you to a small amount of radiation, so a doctor will determine whether the test is necessary. 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