Coronary Artery Calcium: If Measuring Once Is Good, Is Twice Better?

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas (A.K.) amit.khera@utsouthwestern.edu.
² Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL (P.G.).

Editorial

Amit Khera et al. Circulation. 2018.

. 2018 Feb 13;137(7):680-683.

doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.117.031951.

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas (A.K.) amit.khera@utsouthwestern.edu.
² Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL (P.G.).

No abstract available

Keywords: Editorials; computerized tomography; primary prevention; risk factors.

Comment on

Value of Progression of Coronary Artery Calcification for Risk Prediction of Coronary and Cardiovascular Events: Result of the HNR Study (Heinz Nixdorf Recall).
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