Abstract: Coronary artery disease (CAD) surveillance has led to the development of risk stratification tools that drive clinical mitigation efforts for CAD risk. As common risk assessment tools, including the Framingham Risk Score (FRS) or Pooled Cohort Risk Equations, have insufficient accuracy on an individual level to meet NASA’s stringent screening guidelines, NASA has required new approaches to address the risk of catastrophic cardiovascular (CV) medical events among astronauts. Coronary artery ca…