Coronary Artery Calcium Score-Directed Primary Prevention With Statins on the Basis of the 2018 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association/Multisociety Cholesterol Guidelines

J Am Heart Assoc. 2021 Jan 5;10(1):e018342. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.120.018342. Epub 2020 Dec 22.
No abstract available

Keywords: 2018 multisociety guidelines on cholesterol management; coronary artery calcium; primary prevention; statin.

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • American Heart Association
  • Atherosclerosis* / diagnosis
  • Atherosclerosis* / prevention & control
  • Cholesterol / blood
  • Coronary Vessels* / diagnostic imaging
  • Coronary Vessels* / pathology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors / therapeutic use*
  • Longitudinal Studies
  • Male
  • Medication Therapy Management / standards*
  • Middle Aged
  • Practice Guidelines as Topic
  • Research Design
  • Risk Assessment / methods*
  • United States
  • Vascular Calcification / diagnostic imaging
  • Vascular Calcification / drug therapy

Substances

  • Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors
  • Cholesterol

Associated data

  • ClinicalTrials.gov/NCT00005121