However, the MESA arterial age calculator most accurately predicts CHD events compared with either the 10 year or lifetime Framingham risk methods.doi:10.1016/S0735-1097(12)61716-1Taylor, Allen J.Villines, ToddElsevier BVJournal of the American College of Cardiology...
Similar to the current practice of reporting CAC percentiles or “arterial age” to place CAC results into clinical context, scan readers can now calculate and provide a “post-test” 10-year CHD risk after CAC scanning based on the MESA risk score. This updated 10-year risk could be used...