masterThesis
Asociación entre la escala de riesgo Framingham y el puntaje de calcio coronario
Fecha
2016Autor
Hernández Valderrama, Marcela Andrea
Flórez Cárdenas, Mónica Marcela
Institución
Resumen
Backround: Among the different clinical tools to assess the presence of coronary disease by scores, the most used is the scale of Framingham cardiovascular risk. In recent years, the coronary calcium score was created, and it measures cardiovascular risk due to the presence of atheromatous plaques seen by CT. It was intended to assess the association between the scale of Framingham and coronary calcium score in a population of healthy asymptomatic subjectsMethodology A cross-sectional study was conducted to evaluate the association between coronary calcium score and Framingham scale in asymptomatic subjects who practiced preventive medical examination at Cardioinfantil-Institute of Cardiology (FCI-IC) Foundation in the period from July 1, 2011 until October 31, 2015. Results262 patients were evaluated. The prevalence of cardiovascular risk was low in 77. 86% of the population, moderate in 18. 70% and high in 3. 44% , according to the Framingham scale. The cardiovascular risk according to the coronary calcium score was zero in 70. 99% in 21. 75% low, in medium 4. 19%, and in 3. 05% severe. An association was found between both scores to assess for risk, with statistically significant results (p0, 00001)Discussion Established cardiovascular risk by Framingham score is significantly associated with the presence of atherosclerotic plates. The study showed that in a sample of asymptomatic subjects, there is an early coronary structural alteration.