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Low coronary artery calcium score associated with excellent prognosis regardless of age: New study

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Having a coronary artery calcium (CAC) score of zero has generally been accepted as a marker of a very low risk of having a cardiac event within the next five years. However, age is a strong contributor to coronary risk, with risk increasing markedly as people age.

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Low coronary artery calcium score associated with excellent prognosis regardless of age: New study

Having a coronary artery calcium (CAC) score of zero has generally been accepted as a marker of a very low risk of having a cardiac event within the next five years. However, age is a strong contributor to coronary risk, with risk increasing markedly as people age.

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Coronary artery calcium score: useful regardless of age

Having a coronary artery calcium (CAC) score of zero has generally been accepted as a marker of a very low risk of having a cardiac event within the next five years. However, age is a strong contributor to coronary risk, with risk increasing markedly as people age.

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Study Reveals Low Coronary Artery Calcium Score Predicts Excellent

A recent study conducted by researchers at Intermountain Health in Salt Lake City has provided significant insights into the relationship between coronary artery calcium (CAC) scores and cardiac health. This large-scale research involved more than 40,000 patients, revealing that a zero CAC score remains a strong predictive factor for low risk of coronary heart events even as individuals age. This finding is crucial as it reaffirms existing belie…

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CAC score of 0 indicate low heart event risk, even in older people

PET/CT imaging indicates that a coronary artery calcium (CAC) score of 0 is an accurate indicator of low coronary heart event risk even as a person ages, investigators have reported.

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Black mothers in poor neighborhoods have higher heart disease risk

The study examined more than 7 million births that occurred over 22 years. supersizer/E+ via Getty Images Curisa M. Tucker, University of South Carolina Living in a disadvantaged neighborhood contributes to a rare form of heart failure known as peripartum cardiomyopathy, a potentially deadly disease that disproportionately affects Black mothers. This story was first published in The Conversation That’s the key finding of m…

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