2021
Prognostic Utility of Risk Enhancers and Coronary Artery Calcium Score Recommended in the 2018 ACC/AHA Multisociety Cholesterol Treatment Guidelines Over the Pooled Cohort Equation: Insights From 3 Large Prospective Cohorts
Akintoye E, Afonso L, Jayanna M, Bao W, Briasoulis A, Robinson J. Prognostic Utility of Risk Enhancers and Coronary Artery Calcium Score Recommended in the 2018 ACC/AHA Multisociety Cholesterol Treatment Guidelines Over the Pooled Cohort Equation: Insights From 3 Large Prospective Cohorts. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2021, 10: e019589. PMID: 34092110, PMCID: PMC8477885, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.120.019589.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAmerican Heart AssociationBiomarkersCardiovascular DiseasesCholesterolClinical Decision-MakingCoronary Artery DiseaseDecision Support TechniquesDyslipidemiasFemaleHeart Disease Risk FactorsHumansHydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase InhibitorsIncidenceMaleMiddle AgedPractice Guidelines as TopicPredictive Value of TestsPrimary PreventionPrognosisRisk AssessmentTime FactorsUnited StatesVascular CalcificationConceptsPooled Cohort EquationsCoronary artery calcium scoreCholesterol treatment guidelinesArtery calcium scoreAtherosclerotic cardiovascular diseaseCohort EquationsRisk enhancersCalcium scoreTreatment guidelinesCardiovascular diseaseAmerican Heart Association/American CollegeAtherosclerotic cardiovascular disease eventsBackground Limited dataIntermediate-risk participantsIntermediate-risk patientsCardiovascular disease eventsLarge prospective cohortIncremental valueNet reclassification indexStatin therapyCAC testingProspective cohortPrognostic utilityC-statisticReclassification index
2019
LEFT VENTRICULAR MASS INDEX IMPROVES RISK ASSESSMENT OVER THE POOLED COHORT EQUATION (PCE) OR CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM (CAC) SCORE IN THE INTERMEDIATE RISK POPULATION
Akintoye E, Egbe A, Adegbala O, Christodoulidis G, Briasoulis A, Afonso L. LEFT VENTRICULAR MASS INDEX IMPROVES RISK ASSESSMENT OVER THE POOLED COHORT EQUATION (PCE) OR CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM (CAC) SCORE IN THE INTERMEDIATE RISK POPULATION. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2019, 73: 1767. DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(19)32373-3.Peer-Reviewed Original Research