Outcomes After Coronary Artery Calcium and Other Cardiovascular Biomarker Testing Among Asymptomatic Medicare Beneficiaries | Zendy

Jacqueline Baras Shreibati | Zendy; Laurence C. Baker | Zendy; Michael V. McConnell | Zendy; Mark A. Hlatky | Zendy

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Outcomes After Coronary Artery Calcium and Other Cardiovascular Biomarker Testing Among Asymptomatic Medicare Beneficiaries

Author(s) -

Jacqueline Baras Shreibati,

Laurence C. Baker,

Michael V. McConnell,

Mark A. Hlatky

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

circulation cardiovascular imaging

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.584

H-Index - 99

eISSN - 1942-0080

pISSN - 1941-9651

DOI - 10.1161/circimaging.113.001869

Subject(s) - medicine , hazard ratio , asymptomatic , confidence interval , coronary artery disease , cardiology , biomarker , coronary artery calcium , biochemistry , chemistry

Biomarkers improve cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk prediction, but their comparative effectiveness in clinical practice is not known. We sought to compare the use, spending, and clinical outcomes in asymptomatic Medicare beneficiaries evaluated for CVD with coronary artery calcium (CAC) or other cardiovascular risk markers.

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