Prediction of risk for first age-related cardiovascular events in an elderly population: the incremental value of echocardiography

We sought to determine if echocardiography enhances prediction of first age-related cardiovascular events.Whether echocardiographic assessment improves risk stratification for first cardiovascular events is not well known.This retrospective cohort study included randomly selected residents of Olmsted County, Minnesota, age >/=65 years, who had >/=1 transthoracic echocardiograms at the Mayo Clinic between 1990 and 1998, in sinus rhythm, without...