Coronary calcium as a predictor of coronary events in four racial or ethnic groups. | Vanderbilt Translational and Clinical Cardiovascular Research Center (VTRACC)

Detrano R, Guerci AD, Carr JJ, Bild DE, Burke G, Folsom AR, Liu K, Shea S, Szklo M, Bluemke DA, O'Leary DH, Tracy R, Watson K, Wong ND, Kronmal RA. Coronary calcium as a predictor of coronary events in four racial or ethnic groups. The New England journal of medicine. 2008 Mar 27;358(358). 1336-45. PMID: 18367736 [PubMed]

Abstract

In white populations, computed tomographic measurements of coronary-artery calcium predict coronary heart disease independently of traditional coronary risk factors. However, it is not known whether coronary-artery calcium predicts coronary heart disease in other racial or ethnic groups.