High coronary artery calcium scores pose an extremely elevated risk for hard events
Roberto Wayhs, MD*,
Allan Zelinger, MD, FACC* and
Paolo Raggi, MD, FACC ,*
* Christ Hospital and University of Illinois, Oak Lawn, Illinois, USA
Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisana, USA

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Figure 1 Probability of survival free of events in 98 consecutive asymptomatic subjects with a calcium score 1,000 on a screening electron beam tomography scan.
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