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Table 3 Evaluation of conventional risk factors and their impact on the need of coronary intervention in the subgroup of patients undergoing coronary angiography and showing relevant coronary calcification (> 75th percentile)

From: Cardiac computed tomography in patients with symptomatic new-onset atrial fibrillation, rule-out acute coronary syndrome, but with intermediate pretest probability for coronary artery disease admitted to a chest pain unit

 

Intervention

p value

None

(n = 8)

PCI/CABG

(n = 4)

Smoking

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

1

Art. hypertension

8 (100%)

4 (100%)

1

Family history of CAD

3 (38%)

0 (0%)

0.49

DM

1 (12%)

1 (25%)

1

Male sex

6 (75%)

2 (50%)

0.55

HLP

4 (50%)

2 (50%)

1

BMI

33 (28–37)

29 (28–30)

0.37

Number of conventional risk factors present

4 (3–4)

2 (2–3)

0.13

  1. PCI percutaneous coronary intervention, CABG coronary artery bypass graft placement, CAD coronary artery disease, DM diabetes mellitus, BMI body mass index, HLP hyperlipoproteinemia