Adding carotid total plaque area to the Framingham risk score improves cardiovascular risk classification

INTRODUCTION: Cardiovascular events (CE) due to atherosclerosis are preventable. Identification of high-risk patients helps to focus resources on those most likely to benefit from expensive therapy. Atherosclerosis is not considered for patient risk categorization, even though a fraction of CE are p...

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Autores principales: Perez, Hernan A., Garcia, Nestor Horacio, Spence, John David, Armando, Luis J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Termedia Publishing House 2016
Materias:
Clinical Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4889685/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27279842
http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/aoms.2016.59924

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4889685/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27279842
http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/aoms.2016.59924

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