Prediction model to estimate presence of coronary artery disease: retrospective pooled analysis of existing cohorts

Tessa Genders, Ewout Steyerberg, Koen Nieman, Tjebbe Galema, Nico Mollet, Pim Feijter, Gabriel Krestin, H Alkadhi, S Leschka, L Desbiolles, MFL Meijs, MJ Cramer, J Knuuti, S Kajander, J Bogaert, K Goetschalckx, F. Cademartiri, E Maffei, C Martini, S SeitunA Aldrovandi, S Wildermuth, B Stinn, J Fornaro, G Feuchtner, T De Zordo, T Auer, F Plank, G Friedrich, F Pugliese, SE Petersen, LC Davies, UJ Schoepf, GW Rowe, CAG van Mieghem, L van Driessche, V Sinitsyn, D (Deepa) Gopalan, K Nikolaou, F Bamberg, RC Cury, J Battle, P Maurovich-Horvat, A Bartykowszki, B Merkely, D Becker, M Hadamitzky, J Hausleiter, M Dewey, E Zimmermann, M Laule, Myriam Hunink

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Abstract

Objectives To develop prediction models that better estimate the pretest probability of coronary artery disease in low prevalence populations. Design Retrospective pooled analysis of individual patient data. Setting 18 hospitals in Europe and the United States. Participants Patients with stable chest pain without evidence for previous coronary artery disease, if they were referred for computed tomography (CT) based coronary angiography or catheter based coronary angiography (indicated as low and high prevalence settings, respectively). Main outcome measures Obstructive coronary artery disease (>= 50% diameter stenosis in at least one vessel found on catheter based coronary angiography). Multiple imputation accounted for missing predictors and outcomes, exploiting strong correlation between the two angiography procedures. Predictive models included a basic model (age, sex, symptoms, and setting), clinical model (basic model factors and diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidaemia, and smoking), and extended model (clinical model facto Results We included 5677 patients (3283 men, 2394 women), of whom 1634 had obstructive coronary artery disease found on catheter based coronary angiography. All potential predictors were significantly associated with the presence of disease in univariable and multivariable analyses. The clinical model improved the prediction, compared with the basic model (cross validated c statistic improvement from 0.77 to 0.79, net reclassification improvement 35%); the coronary calcium score in the extended Conclusions Updated prediction models including age, sex, symptoms, and cardiovascular risk factors allow for accurate estimation of the pretest probability of coronary artery disease in low prevalence populations. Addition of coronary calcium scores to the prediction models improves the estimates.
Original languageUndefined/Unknown
JournalBritish Medical Journal
Volume344
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2012

Research programs

  • EMC COEUR-09
  • EMC NIHES-01-64-02
  • EMC NIHES-01-64-03
  • EMC NIHES-02-65-01
  • EMC NIHES-03-30-01
  • EMC NIHES-03-30-02

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