Clinical ResearchCoronary Artery DiseaseQuantification of Coronary Atherosclerosis and Inflammation to Predict Coronary Events and All-Cause Mortality
Coronary Artery Disease
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Key Words
all-cause mortality
coronary artery calcium (CAC)
coronary events
extended risk assessment
high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP)
Abbreviations and Acronyms
AUC
area under the curve
BMI
body mass index
CAC
coronary artery calcium
CI
confidence interval
CVD
cardiovascular disease
EBCT
electron-beam computed tomography
FRS
Framingham risk score
HDL
high-density lipoprotein
HR
hazard ratio
hsCRP
high-sensitivity C-reactive protein
IDI
incremental discrimination improvement
LDL
low-density lipoprotein
NRI
net reclassification improvement
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Supported by the Heinz Nixdorf Foundation, Germany (Chairman: Martin Nixdorf, past chairman: Dr. Jur G. Schmidt), the German Ministry of Education and Science (BMBF), and the German Aerospace Centre (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt [DLR]), Bonn, Germany. Assessment of psychosocial factors and neighborhood-level information is funded by the German Research Council (DFG) (Project SI 236/8-1 and SI 236/9-1). Sarstedt AG & Co. (Nümbrecht, Germany) supplied laboratory equipment. The authors have reported that they have no relationships to disclose.
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