The original risk score is based on traditional risk factors for heart disease, sex, race and coronary artery calcium (CAC) levels, which are obtained from computed tomography (CT) imaging.

The original risk score is based on traditional risk factors for heart disease, sex, race and coronary artery calcium (CAC) ...

Advances in cardiac imaging techniques and risk categorization have led to improvements in diagnosis, initial treatment and ...

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A version of the MESA heart disease risk score that did not include race predicted heart disease risk just as well as the version that includes race, according to a preliminary study presented today ...

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