Reclassification of coronary heart disease risk in a primary prevention setting: traditional risk factor assessment vs . coronary artery calcium scoring
Alashi A, Lang R, Seballos R, Feinleib S, Sukol R, Cho L, Schoenhagen P, Griffin BP, Flamm SD, Desai MY. Reclassification of coronary heart disease risk in a primary prevention setting: traditional risk factor assessment vs . coronary artery calcium scoring. Cardiovascular Diagnosis And Therapy 2019, 9: 214-220. PMID: 31275811, PMCID: PMC6603493, DOI: 10.21037/cdt.2019.04.05.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchReynolds Risk ScoreC-reactive proteinCoronary heart disease riskHeart disease riskPrimary preventionCHD riskAsymptomatic middle-aged patientsAsymptomatic middle-aged subjectsAtherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) scoreTraditional risk factor assessmentDisease riskMean C-reactive proteinCoronary artery calcium scoringConsecutive asymptomatic subjectsSignificant risk reclassificationCoronary artery calcificationMiddle-aged patientsRisk factor assessmentMiddle-aged subjectsStandard risk factorsASCVD scorePrevention clinicArtery calcificationCAC scoringAsymptomatic subjects