Arterial plaque falls into three stages, with stage 3 carrying a 40% risk of stroke or heart attack within ten years without treatment. The system tracks how disease progresses and predicts real cardiovascular outcomes.
We have 3 stages which describe how much plaque there is. The higher the stage, the greater your risk over the next 10 years. 99% of us, as I like to say, mere mortals, if you get in the machine, we will find plaque. So it is a continuum. We have 3 stages which describe how much plaque there is, and the higher the stage, the greater your risk over the next 10 years of a cardiovascular event. So we validated all of this against events. If you're in the highest stage, or stage 3, your cardiovascular event rate over the next 10 years is 40%. So 4 out of 10. 10 in the next 10 years, if we do nothing, will go on to have a stroke or heart attack.
