The mediation of coronary calcification in the association between risk scores and cardiac troponin T elevation in healthy adults: Is atherosclerosis a good prognostic precursor of coronary disease?
•The classic cardiac risk scores are based on factors associated with atherosclerosis.•We test atherosclerosis as a mediator between risk scores and cardiac damage.•The more accurate a score is, the less it is mediated by atherosclerosis.•The association with atherosclerosis limits the accuracy of c...
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| Format: | Online |
| Language: | English |
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Academic Press
2015
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4518041/ |