Coronary calcification measures predict mortality in symptomatic women and men.
Klaske R SiegersmaFloor GroepenhoffAnouk L M EikendalWillemijn J Op den BrouwTim LeinerYolande AppelmanIgor I TulevskiG Aernout SomsenN Charlotte Onland-MoretLeonard HofstraHester M den RuijterPublished in: Open heart (2023)
In symptomatic individuals absolute CACS predicts mortality with a moderately good performance. MESA percentiles did not perform better compared with absolute CACS, thus there is no need to use them. Including degree of stenosis in the model might slightly improve mortality risk prediction in women, but not in men.