Abstract The 2018 and 2019 American Heart Association and American College of
Cardiology (AHA/ACC) guidelines for primary prevention of atherosclerotic cardiovascular …

Purpose of review In this review, we evaluate the coronary artery calcium (CAC) score as a
biomarker for advanced atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) risk assessment …

South Asian (SA) individuals, particularly those that reside in the United States and other
Westernized countries, are at an elevated risk for ASCVD and mortality related to ASCVD …

Opinion statement Detecting subclinical atherosclerosis with coronary artery calcium (CAC)
is promising for identifying individuals at risk for cardiovascular events and appears to be a …

Coronary artery calcium (CAC) is a highly specific marker for coronary atherosclerosis. The
CAC Consortium, a multicenter, retrospective, real-world cohort study, was established to …

Prevention of cardiovascular disease is currently guided by probabilistic risk scores that may
misclassify individual risk and commit many middle-aged patients to prolonged …

Determining optimal candidates for the numerous potential pharmacotherapies for primary
prevention of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease remains challenging. Selective use of …

Abstract Purpose of Review Coronary artery calcium (CAC) has been proposed as an
integrator of information from traditionally measured, non-traditionally measured, and …

Abstract Background and aims South Asian (SA) ethnicity is associated with an increased
risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). However, the implications of …

Coronary artery calcium (CAC) scoring is an important prognostic tool for personalized
cardiovascular preventive care and has recently been incorporated into American College of …