Assessing coronary risk assessment: what's next?

Editorial

Kevin Fiscella et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2010 Nov.

. 2010 Nov;25(11):1140-1.

doi: 10.1007/s11606-010-1469-8.

No abstract available

Conflict of interest statement

Neither author reports any.

Coronary risk assessment by point-based vs. equation-based Framingham models: significant implications for clinical care.
Gordon WJ, Polansky JM, Boscardin WJ, Fung KZ, Steinman MA. Gordon WJ, et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2010 Nov;25(11):1145-51. doi: 10.1007/s11606-010-1454-2. Epub 2010 Sep 8. J Gen Intern Med. 2010. PMID: 20824362 Free PMC article.

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