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冠動脈カルシウムは,高リスクの成人の場合,近い将来の冠動脈イベントを正確に予測することはできません
R C Detrano1, N D Wong, T M Doherty
1Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA 90502-2064, USA. detrano@harbor4.humc.edu
Circulation
|May 25, 1999
まとめ
伝統的なリスクモデルと冠動脈カルシウムスコアは,高リスクの無症状の成人の冠動脈イベントの予測が悪い. どちらのアプローチも,心臓発作が発生する可能性が高い個人を正確に特定することはできません.
科学分野:
- 心臓病学 心臓病学
- 放射線学 放射線学
- 予防医学は,予防的な医療です.
背景:
- 予後リスクモデルは,複数のリスク因子を持つ被験者の冠動脈イベントを予測する上で,限られた成功を収めている.
- 放射能で検出される冠動脈カルシウムは,代替的に提案された予測因子です.
- この研究では,複数のリスク要因を有する無症状の成人のリスクモデルと冠動脈カルシウムの予測価値を比較しています.
研究 の 目的:
- 冠動脈事件リスクを決定するために,冠動脈カルシウムスコアリングと伝統的なリスクモデルの予測価値を評価し,比較する.
- カルシウムスコアと心臓リスク因子を含む組合せリスクモデルの予測価値を評価する.
主な方法:
- 1196人の無症状の冠動脈リスクの高い被験者を募集した.
- 被験者は,リスク因子評価と心電線CT (EBCT) スキャニングを受けた.
- フォローアップは41ヶ月間実施され,成功率は99%でした.
主要な成果:
- 平均年齢は66歳で,平均3年Framinghamリスクは3.3%でした.
- 68%の被験者は,検知可能な冠動脈カルシウムを持っていた.
- フレミングハム,データ派生モデル,およびカルシウムスコアの受信機動作特性 (ROC) 曲線領域は有意に異なるものではありませんでした (それぞれ0.69,0.68,0.64).
- データから派生したモデルにカルシウムスコアを含むことは,ROC領域 (0.71) を有意に改善しなかった.
結論:
- 危険因子評価も,EBCTカルシウムも,高リスクの無症状成人の症例を正確に予測することはできません.
- EBCTカルシウムスコアリングは,既存のリスク要因を超えて重要なインクリメンタル情報を提供しません.
- 臨床スクリーニングにおけるEBCTカルシウムスコアの使用は,現在正当化されていません.
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