The utility of coronary artery calcium scoring to enhance cardiovascular risk assessment for South Asian adults.
Prog Cardiovasc Dis
; 84: 7-13, 2024.
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ABSTRACT
South Asian individuals represent a highly diverse population and are one of the fastest growing ethnic groups in the United States. This population has a high prevalence of traditional and non-traditional cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors and a disproportionately high prevalence of coronary heart disease. To reflect this, current national society guidelines have designated South Asian ancestry as a "risk enhancing factor" which may be used to guide initiation or intensification of statin therapy. However, current methods of assessing cardiovascular risk in South Asian adults may not adequately capture the true risk in this diverse population. Coronary artery calcium (CAC) scoring provides a reliable, reproducible, and highly personalized method to provide CVD risk assessment and inform subsequent pharmacotherapy recommendations, if indicated. This review describes the utility of CAC scoring for South Asian individuals.
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Assunto principal:
Doença da Artéria Coronariana
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Calcificação Vascular
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Fatores de Risco de Doenças Cardíacas
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Adult
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Humans
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En
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Prog Cardiovasc Dis
Ano de publicação:
2024
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Article
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Estados Unidos