CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM SCORE-DIRECTED PRIMARY PREVENTION WITH STATINS BASED ON THE 2018 ACC/AHA MULTISOCIETY CHOLESTEROL GUIDELINES

Jana Taron,Asya Lyass,Joseph M. Massaro,Taylor F. Mahoney,Rachel Q. Ehrbar,Vasan S. Ramachandran,D’Agostino B. Ralph,Udo Hoffmann,Michael T. Lu

CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM SCORE-DIRECTED PRIMARY PREVENTION WITH STATINS BASED ON THE 2018 ACC/AHA MULTISOCIETY CHOLESTEROL GUIDELINES

2020

Jana Taron
Asya Lyass
Joseph M. Massaro
Taylor F. Mahoney
Rachel Q. Ehrbar
Vasan S. Ramachandran
D’Agostino B. Ralph
Udo Hoffmann
Michael T. Lu

The 2018 multisociety guidelines on cholesterol management suggest coronary artery calcium (CAC) scoring to guide statin therapy in individuals at intermediate (7.5%- <20%) 10-year risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). We assessed reclassification towards ‘no statin’ based on

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Diabetes mellitus
Cholesterol
Coronary artery calcium score
Medicine
Cardiology
primary prevention
Internal medicine
Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease
coronary artery calcium
cholesterol management
Statin

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