Coronary artery disease is the No. 1 cause of death in the developed world. Effective means
of treatment such as drug therapy to lower cholesterol levels are available, but clinical …

Clinical trials of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase inhibitors or
statin therapy have demonstrated that baseline or treated low-density lipoprotein (LDL) …

Background—The objective of this study was to examine the association of Joint National
Committee (JNC-V) blood pressure and National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) …

Objective The frequency of coronary heart disease (CHD) and stroke are increased in
systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), but the extent of the increase is uncertain. We sought …

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to determine the prognostic accuracy of electron
beam computed tomographic (CT) scanning of the coronary arteries and the relationship of …

ContextCurrent guidelines for cardiovascular risk detection are controversial with regard to
the clinical utility of different lipid measures, non–high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (non …

Background Coronary heart disease continues to be one of the most common chronic
illnesses in the United States and most of the developed world. Clinicians and health …

Comorbidity is an important confounder in epidemiologic studies. The authors compared the
predictive performance of comorbidity scores for use in epidemiologic research with …

Objectives: We sought to examine the independent predictive value of coronary artery
calcium detection for coronary outcomes in a non-referred cohort of healthy men and women …

Background—There is a clear relationship between absolute calcium scores (CS) and
severity of coronary artery disease. However, hard coronary events have been shown to …