European heart journal cardiovascular Imaging
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Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging · Nov 2016
All-cause mortality by age and gender based on coronary artery calcium scores.
Although coronary artery calcium (CAC) has been established as a robust tool for predicting total mortality during intermediate follow-up, less is known about the long-term predictive value of CAC. ⋯ CAC is strongly associated with the long-term risk of mortality in young- and middle-aged men and women. In older patients, the long-term risk stratification of CAC is lower, due principally to increased mortality rate in patients with low calcium scores; however, even in the older patients, those with absent or low CAC are at a significantly lower risk of mortality compared with the general population.