{"id":229694,"date":"2026-01-24T00:07:39","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T06:07:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/01\/coronary-computed-tomography-angiography-in-prediction-of-first-coronary-events"},"modified":"2026-01-24T00:07:39","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T06:07:39","slug":"coronary-computed-tomography-angiography-in-prediction-of-first-coronary-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/01\/coronary-computed-tomography-angiography-in-prediction-of-first-coronary-events","title":{"rendered":"Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography in Prediction of First Coronary Events"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/coronary-computed-tomography-angiography-in-prediction-of-first-coronary-events2.png\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Adding coronary CT angiography (CCTA) data to traditional risk scores and coronary artery calcium scoring improved risk prediction for first coronary events over nearly 8 years of follow-up.<\/p>\n<p>While the clinical impact was modest in a low-risk population, CCTA enhanced risk discrimination and reclassification, particularly among those considered low risk by conventional models.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>This cohort study assesses whether coronary computed tomography angiography improves risk prediction beyond traditional risk factors and coronary artery calcium score in identifying individuals at risk of first coronary events.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adding coronary CT angiography (CCTA) data to traditional risk scores and coronary artery calcium scoring improved risk prediction for first coronary events over nearly 8 years of follow-up. While the clinical impact was modest in a low-risk population, CCTA enhanced risk discrimination and reclassification, particularly among those considered low risk by conventional models. This cohort [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-229694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229694","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=229694"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229694\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=229694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=229694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=229694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}