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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Heart. 2007 Oct 8;94(11):1424–1428. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2007.126649

Table 1.

Mayo Clinic Risk Score and CAD-Specific Index

Mayo Clinic Risk Score CAD-specific index


Risk factor Integer coefficient Risk factor Integer coefficient
Age* 1 Current smoker 1
Urgent/emergency PCI 2 Hypertension 1
CHF, NYHA class ≥III 2 History of CVA/TIA 1
Multivessel disease 2 DM 2
Thrombus in any lesion 2 DM with sequelae 3
Moderate to severe renal disease 3 COPD 2
Pre-PCI shock 5 PVD 2
LMCA with ≥70% stenosis 5 Tumor/lymphoma/leukemia 2
Moderate to severe renal disease 7
Metastatic cancer 5

CAD, coronary artery disease; CHF, congestive heart failure; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; CVA, cerebrovascular accident; DM, diabetes mellitus; LMCA, left main coronary artery; NYHA, New York Heart Association; PCI, percutaneous coronary intervention; PVD, peripheral vascular disease; TIA, transient ischemic attack.

*

Scored as 1 point for every decade older than 30 years (eg, a 90-year-old person would have a score of 6 for age).