Open AccessRole of imaging in primary prevention: calcium score is a robust and cost-efficient risk modifier
Author(s) -
Haci Yakup Yakupoglu,
Christoph Grni
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
schweizerische medizinische wochenschrift
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0036-7672
DOI - 10.4414/smw.2019.20183
Subject(s) - medicine , primary prevention , calcium , primary (astronomy) , physics , disease , astronomy
Subclinical atherosclerosis, assessed by imaging, is associated with outcome. Imaging has the potential to enable providers to better tailor preventive therapy towards patient risk stratification compared to traditional risk scores.
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