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- Title
Personalizing cardiovascular risk: Coronary artery calcium scans to improve statin use in adults with type 2 diabetes can be cost‐effective in select individuals.
- Authors
Lau, Darren; Pearson, Glen J.; Raggi, Paolo; Klarenbach, Scott
- Abstract
The given text is a report by Pearson, Paolo Raggi, and Scott Klarenbach. It explores the potential cost-effectiveness of using coronary artery calcium (CAC) scans to guide statin therapy in adults with type 2 diabetes. The study found that CAC-guided counseling was cost-effective for older men and women (aged 60-69 years), but not for younger individuals or women aged 40-49 years. However, in scenarios where the cost of the CAC scan was lower or for patients who previously declined statin therapy, CAC-guided counseling became cost-effective or even cost-saving. The study suggests that CAC scans can be a useful tool for personalizing cardiovascular risk assessment in select individuals with diabetes who are not on statin therapy.
- Subjects
CORONARY artery calcification; TYPE 2 diabetes; STATINS (Cardiovascular agents); CARDIOVASCULAR diseases risk factors; YOUNG women; ADULTS; OLDER patients
- Publication
Diabetes, Obesity & Metabolism, 2024, Vol 26, Issue 6, p2517
- ISSN
1462-8902
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/dom.15558