Statin trials, cardiovascular events and coronary artery calcification: Implications for a trial-based approach to statin therapy in MESA (Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis)

OBJECTIVES: This study assessed whether coronary artery calcium (CAC) can be used to optimize statin allocation among individuals for whom trial-based evidence supports efficacy of statin therapy. BACKGROUND: Recently, it was proposed to allocate statins for primary prevention of atherosclerotic car...

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Pubblicato in:JACC Cardiovasc Imaging
Autori principali: Mortensen, Martin Bødtker, Falk, Erling, Li, Dong, Nasir, Khurram, Blaha, Michael, Sandfort, Veit, Rodriguez, Carlos Jose, Ouyang, Pamela, Budoff, Matthew
Natura: Artigo
Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: 2017
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Accesso online:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5723240/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28624395
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcmg.2017.01.029
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