Moving from risk factor assessment to atherosclerosis imaging to select the most appropriate patient for primary prevention

All HIV-infected adults should undergo coronary heart disease risk assessment with Framingham Risk Score /FRS) to guide preventive treatment intensity. The European Hypertension Guidelines (ESH-ESC) and the FRS are examples of algorithms used to identify people who qualify for primary prevention: clinical decision making is usually most uncertain in the intermediate risk category (10-20% 10year-risk of events) an in this group imaging for sub-clinical atherosclerosis has been shown to improve risk prediction. The purpose of this study was to identify people who qualify and not qualify for primary prevention for CVD according to ESH-ESC, NCEP.FRS and CAC-FRS across coronary calcium score strata in all HIV infected patients and in the subset of female and young patients (<55 yrs males and <65 if females)