LEFT VENTRICULAR MASS INDEX IMPROVES RISK ASSESSMENT OVER THE POOLED COHORT EQUATION (PCE) OR CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM (CAC) SCORE IN THE INTERMEDIATE RISK POPULATION
Autor: | Luis Afonso, Emmanuel Akintoye, Georgios Christodoulidis, Alexandros Briasoulis, Alexander C. Egbe, Oluwole Adegbala |
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Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Zdroj: | Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 73:1767 |
ISSN: | 0735-1097 |
DOI: | 10.1016/s0735-1097(19)32373-3 |
Popis: | In order to improve PCE-based ASCVD risk prediction, especially for those with intermediate risk (i.e. 5-7.5%), the ACC/AHA risk assessment working group had called for research into novel risk markers. We therefore evaluated the incremental benefit of LV mass index (LVMI) over the PCE We included |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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