Cost-Effectiveness of Coronary Artery Calcium Testing for Coronary Heart and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Prediction to Guide Statin Allocation: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA)

BACKGROUND: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) showed that the addition of coronary artery calcium (CAC) to traditional risk factors improves risk classification, particularly in intermediate risk asymptomatic patients with LDL cholesterol levels <160 mg/dL. However, the cost-effect...

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Autores principales: Roberts, Eric T., Horne, Aaron, Martin, Seth S., Blaha, Michael J., Blankstein, Ron, Budoff, Matthew J., Sibley, Christopher, Polak, Joseph F., Frick, Kevin D., Blumenthal, Roger S., Nasir, Khurram
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4364761/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25786208
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0116377

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4364761/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25786208
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0116377

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