Objective This guideline will provide the practicing endocrinologist with an approach to the
assessment and treatment of dyslipidemia in patients with endocrine diseases, with the …

Primary care physicians often must decide whether statin therapy would be appropriate (in
addition to lifestyle modification) for managing asymptomatic individuals with borderline or …

Background: There are limited data on the unique cardiovascular disease (CVD), non-CVD,
and mortality risks of primary prevention individuals with very high coronary artery calcium …

Objectives This study thoroughly explored the demographic and imaging characteristics, as
well as the all-cause and cause-specific mortality risks of patients with a coronary artery …

AIM To investigate the impact of a deep-learning algorithm on the quantification of coronary
artery calcium score (CACS) and the stratification of cardiac risk. MATERIALS AND …

Atherosclerosis has a long preclinical phase, and the risk of cardiovascular (CV) events may
be high in asymptomatic subjects. Conventional risk factors provide information for the …

Background An association between erectile dysfunction (ED) and cardiovascular (CV)
disease (CVD) has long been recognized, and studies suggest that ED is an independent …

Background Coronary artery calcium (CAC) predicts cardiovascular disease (CVD) events;
however, less is known about how its prognostic implications vary by race/ethnicity. Methods …

Abstract The MESA (Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis) is a National Heart, Lung, and
Blood Institute–sponsored prospective study aimed at studying the prevalence, progression …

Background: Miscellaneous cardiovascular risk factors have been defined, but the
contribution of environmental pollutants exposure on cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains …