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Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease risk among Ghanaians: A comparison of the risk assessment tools.

Objectives: Risk stratification is a cornerstone for preventing atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). Ghana has yet to develop a locally derived and validated ASCVD risk model. A critical first step towards this goal is assessing how the commonly available risk models perform in the Ghanai...

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Main Authors:	Francis Agyekum (Author), Florence Koryo Akumiah (Author), Samuel Blay Nguah (Author), Lambert Tetteh Appiah (Author), Khushali Ganatra (Author), Yaw Adu-Boakye (Author), Aba Ankomaba Folson (Author), Harold Ayetey (Author), Isaac Kofi Owusu (Author)
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Published:	Elsevier, 2024-06-01T00:00:00Z.
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