Coronary artery calcium screening: He who buys what he does not need steals from himself

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.
² Department of Medicine, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA. Electronic address: ehulten@lifespan.org.

Editorial

Vishnu Kadiyala et al. Atherosclerosis. 2024 Jan.

. 2024 Jan:388:117411.

doi: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2023.117411. Epub 2023 Dec 10.

¹ Department of Medicine, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.
² Department of Medicine, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA. Electronic address: ehulten@lifespan.org.

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Keywords: Computed tomography; Coronary arterial calcification; Coronary artery disease; Risk factor; Screening.

Comment on

Social disadvantage, coronary artery calcium, and their interplay in the prediction of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease events.
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