The use of coronary artery calcium (CAC) score to guide the primary prevention of atherosclerosis and its manifestations has grown in popularity in recent years. Its advantages over the current paradigm of risk-factor-based calculators include better discrimination and greater predictive power, with the promise of better treatment decisions and timely implementation of personalized preventive measures.– CAC results are usually expressed as an absolute value and as a percentile among individuals of the same age and sex. Importantly, conveying this information […]