Going into detail on what this term means and how it relates to health guidelines. This article may be incomplete.
This represents severely elevated cardiovascular risk. In the large multinational CONFIRM registry, CAC scores > 300 imparts equivalent risk for ASCVD events as heart attack survivors, which was 9% over 4 years (When Does a Calcium Score Equate to Secondary Prevention?)
Experts recommend utilization of secondary prevention measures in such patients. This includes high intensity lipid lowering therapy aimed at > 50% LDL-C reduction from baseline and threshold LDL-C