"De-risking" risk reduction: should coronary artery calcium scoring be the gatekeeper to preventive pharmacotherapy with the polypill?

J Am Coll Cardiol. 2014 Feb 11;63(5):444-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2013.09.044. Epub 2013 Oct 23.
No abstract available

Keywords: polypill; risk stratification; subclinical atherosclerosis.

Publication types

  • Editorial
  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Atherosclerosis / prevention & control*
  • Calcinosis / prevention & control*
  • Calcium / metabolism*
  • Coronary Artery Disease / prevention & control*
  • Coronary Vessels / metabolism*
  • Ethnicity*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Risk Assessment / methods*

Substances

  • Calcium