Dyslipidemia, coronary artery calcium, and incident atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease: implications for statin therapy from the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis.
By: Martin SS, Blaha MJ, Blankstein R, Agatston A, Rivera JJ, Virani SS, Ouyang P, Jones SR, Blumenthal RS, Budoff MJ, Nasir K.
CAC scoring can help match statin therapy to absolute atherosclerotic CVD risk.
- Journal:
Circulation
- Year: 2014
- Topic:
Cardiac CT,
Cholesterol / Lipids / Statins,
Cardiovascular Risk Assessment
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Roger S. Blumenthal, MD,
Michael Blaha, MD, MPH,
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Seth Martin, MD, MHS,
Steven Jones, MD
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