The Framingham Score: Calculating risk for coronary artery disease (CAD)
UCSF Radiologist Dr. Brett Elicker describes the Framingham Score, used to determine the risks of cardiovascular disease including heart attack.
Framingham Score
- Age, gender
- BMI
- Family history
- Hypertension
- Diabetes
- Smoking
- Triglycerides –Total, HDL, LDL
Score is calculated by plugging all these factors in a computer program and that is going to determine the risk of cardiac event, and sudden death in the next 10 years.
Traditional Risk Factors and CAD prevention
- 50% Acute MI have normal cholesterol
- Sudden death first present in 150-250,000/year
- Need better tools for risk stratification
