Quantifying the impact of using Coronary Artery Calcium Score for risk categorization instead of Framingham Score or European Heart SCORE in lipid lowering algorithms in a Middle Eastern population

BACKGROUND: The use of the Coronary Artery Calcium Score (CACS) for risk categorization instead of the Framingham Risk Score (FRS) or European Heart SCORE (EHS) to improve classification of individuals is well documented. However, the impact of reclassifying individuals using CACS on initiating lipi...

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Autores principales: Isma’eel, Hussain A., Almedawar, Mohamad M., Harbieh, Bernard, Alajaji, Wissam, Al-Shaar, Laila, Hourani, Mukbil, El-Merhi, Fadi, Alam, Samir, Abchee, Antoine
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4614893/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26557741
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsha.2015.05.004

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4614893/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26557741
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsha.2015.05.004

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