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CAC score in a 51-year-old White female. A: Calcified plaque in the anterior descending artery. CAC score = 36 (Agatston method), consistent with discrete coronary calcification, indicating low cardiovascular risk. B: However, if the CAC score adjusted for age, gender, and ethnicity is used, according to the MESA, the score should be considered as being accentuated, indicating marked cardiovascular risk, because it is above the 90th percentile for this group.
