Correlación entre calcio coronario por tomografía y la Escala de Framingham, en estadificación del riesgo cardiovascular. Hospital José Carrasco Arteaga. Cuenca, 2016-2017.

Abstract

Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death worldwide and coronary atherosclerosis increases the risk of suffering them. Ecuador is not the exception, with a rate of 29.32% (INEC-2014), are ratified as the first cause of death in men and the second in women. Objectives: to determine the correlation between coronary calcium measured by tomography and the Framinghan Scale, in the staging of cardiovascular risk in patients of José Carrasco Arteaga Hospital. Cuenca, April 2016- March 2017. Methodology: cross-sectional and correlational study that identified the presence of calcium in the coronary arteries by tomography, through the Agatston Index, and cardiovascular risk, using the Framingham Scale, and the correlation between these, in a sample of 96 patients of the Radiology service during a year. Results: The mean age was 63.17 (± 11.47) years, men represented 53%. The prevalent factor more frequently found in the population studied was arterial hypertension with 70.83%. 59.38% of patients presented an Agatston index of zero. The low risk of presenting cardiovascular disease, according to the Framingham Index, was 38.54%, moderate risk 29.17% and high 32.29%. The Spearman Correlation Coefficient was 0.249 (p = 0.015). Conclusion: there is a low positive correlation between the Agatston index and the Framingham scale.