Coronary Artery Calcium to Predict All-Cause Mortality in Elderly Men and Women
Paolo Raggi, MD*, ,*,
Maria C. Gongora, MD*,
Ambarish Gopal, MD ,
Tracy Q. Callister, MD ,
Matthew Budoff, MD and
Leslee J. Shaw, PhD*
* Division of Cardiology and Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
Department of Radiology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
Division of Cardiology and Department of Medicine, Harbor UCLA, University of California, Torrance, California
Tennessee Heart and Vascular Institute, Nashville, Tennessee.
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Figure 4 Risk of Death Without CAC
Annual mortality (left y-axis) in patients without CAC by age decile including hazard ratios (95% CIs; right y-axis) compared with patients <40 years. The hazard ratios are shown next to the bar graphs. CAC = coronary artery calcium; CI = confidence interval.
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Figure 5 Reclassification of Risk With the Use of Coronary Calcium Scoring
Percentage of patients reclassified based on coronary artery calcium (CAC) <400 or  400 (p < 0.0001 for women and men) beyond the Framingham risk score (FRS). With a high FRS, patients were reclassified if CAC <400. With a low-intermediate FRS, patients were reclassified if CAC 400. The numbers at the top of each column indicate the number of deaths identified beyond those defined by the FRS in each patient subset.
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