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. 2022 Nov 29;2(7):912-915.
doi: 10.1016/j.jacasi.2022.10.005. eCollection 2022 Dec.

Toward Understanding Cardiovascular Risk Burden in South Asians: A Major Step Forward

Kartik Gupta  1 , Shalini Modi  2 , Karthikeyan Ananthasubramaniam  2
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Toward Understanding Cardiovascular Risk Burden in South Asians: A Major Step Forward

Kartik Gupta et al. JACC Asia. .
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Keywords: ASCVD; ASCVD, atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases; BMI, body mass index; CAC, coronary artery calcium; CV, cardiovascular; LDL-C, low-density-lipoprotein cholesterol; Lp(a), lipoprotein(a); PCE, Pooled Cohort Equation; South Asian; South Asian Heart Health and Awareness Act; cardiovascular risk; diabetes; epidemiology; mortality; premature.

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