Coronary Artery Calcification and Risk Stratification in Familial Hypercholesterolemia: Moving Forward But Not There Yet

JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2021 Dec;14(12):2425-2428. doi: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2021.06.013. Epub 2021 Jul 14.

Authors

Raul D Santos¹, Michael D Shapiro²

Affiliations

¹ Heart Institute (InCor) University of Sao Paulo Medical School Hospital, Sao Paulo, Brazil; Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Electronic address: https://twitter.com/rauldsf_santos.
² Center for Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease, Section on Cardiovascular Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA. Electronic address: mdshapir@wakehealth.edu.

PMID: 34274280
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2021.06.013

No abstract available

Keywords: atherosclerosis; coronary calcification; familial hypercholesterolemia; risk factors.

Publication types

Editorial
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MeSH terms

Coronary Artery Disease* / diagnostic imaging
Coronary Artery Disease* / epidemiology
Humans
Hyperlipoproteinemia Type II* / diagnosis
Hyperlipoproteinemia Type II* / epidemiology
Hyperlipoproteinemia Type II* / genetics
Predictive Value of Tests
Risk Assessment