Leveling the playing field: The utility of coronary artery calcium scoring in cardiovascular risk stratification in South Asians

• Main Authors: Anandita Agarwala (Author), Jaideep Patel (Author), Michael Blaha (Author), Miguel Cainzos-Achirica (Author), Khurram Nasir (Author), Matthew Budoff (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2023-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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South Asian (SA) individuals, particularly those that reside in the United States and other Westernized countries, are at an elevated risk for ASCVD and mortality related to ASCVD. The 2018 ACC/AHA/Multi-society Cholesterol guideline listed SA as a high-risk ethnicity, underscoring the importance of...