Coronary calcium is all we need for risk assessment, yet we do not use it often enough

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Editorial

Paolo Raggi. Atherosclerosis. 2019 Mar.

. 2019 Mar:282:167-168.

doi: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2019.01.018. Epub 2019 Jan 26.

¹ University of Alberta, 11220 83rd Avenue, Suite 5A9-014, Edmonton, AB T6G 2B7, Canada. Electronic address: raggi@ualberta.ca.

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Keywords: Atherosclerosis imaging; Coronary artery calcium; Diabetes mellitus; Metabolic syndrome; Risk assessment; Statins.

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