coronary artery calcium score pretty inaccurate
two recent articles just came out that further questioned the value of coronary artery calcium (CAC) scoring as an accurate indicator of clinically significant coronary artery disease. The first one assessed the accuracy of CAC and the important role of LDL cholesterol in cardiovascular risk in individuals without calcifications on CAC testing (see cad coronary art calc high LDL poor correl with plaque EurHeartJ2025 in dropbox, or doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehaf497 ). these articles extend my concern about CAC as being a valuable intervention: https://gmodestmedblogs.blogspot.com/2025/04/coronary-artery-calcium-dec-plaque.html Details: -- patients were enrolled in the Western Denmark Heart Registry of symptomatic individuals for coronary artery disease who had had a coronary computed tomography angiography (CTA) , from 2008 to 2021 -- coronary CTA can accurately assess both calcified and noncalcified coronary artery plaques as we...