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- Title
Coronary risk assessment using traditional risk factors with CT coronary artery calcium scoring in clinical practice.
- Authors
Kerut, Edmund Kenneth; Hall, Michael E.; Turner, Michael C.; McMullan, Michael R.
- Abstract
As coronary artery calcium (CAC) is atherosclerosis and not just a marker of cardiovascular (CV) disease, measurement of a patient's coronary artery calcium score (CACS) is a strong predictor of risk. Clinically performed in asymptomatic patients, the CACS, along with several CV risk factors, namely age, sex, ethnicity, diabetes, tobacco use, family history, cholesterol level, blood pressure, and use of cholesterol or hypertensive medications, provide a predictive model of 10 year risk for CV events. A smartphone "App" makes this quick to obtain and use. This helps the clinician in making recommendations for both lifestyle changes and statin therapy. Those patients in which the most benefit occur from measurement of a CACS are those at an intermediate CV risk. Measurement of the CACS has become an integral part of the clinician's assessment of a patient's CV risk and for guiding preventative therapies.
- Subjects
CORONARY heart disease prevention; CALCINOSIS; BLOOD vessels; CALCIUM; CARDIOVASCULAR diseases risk factors; COMPUTED tomography; PREVENTIVE health services; RISK assessment; MOBILE apps; PREVENTION
- Publication
Echocardiography, 2018, Vol 35, Issue 8, p1216
- ISSN
0742-2822
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/echo.14091