CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM SCORES FOR ATHEROSCLEROTIC CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE RISK STRATIFICATION IN SMOKERS: MULTI-ETHNIC STUDY OF ATHEROSCLEROSIS
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- title
- CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM SCORES FOR ATHEROSCLEROTIC CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE RISK STRATIFICATION IN SMOKERS: MULTI-ETHNIC STUDY OF ATHEROSCLEROSIS
- author
- Leigh, John Adam
- abstract
- Introduction: Screening for lung cancer with low-dose computer tomography (LDCT) is recommended for a specified group of cigarette smokers. Coronary artery calcium (CAC) can be obtained from these LDCT scans. The utility of CAC for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) risk stratification remains unclear in this high-risk group. We assess this potential in smokers, especially those eligible for LDCT lung cancer screening.
- subject
- Cardiovascular Risk
- Coronary Calcium
- Smokers
- contributor
- Miller, Mike E (committee chair)
- Herrington, David (committee member)
- Hsu, Fang-Chi (committee member)
- date
- 2017-08-22T08:35:22Z (accessioned)
- 2018-08-21T08:30:11Z (available)
- 2017 (issued)
- degree
- Clinical and Population Translational Sciences (discipline)
- embargo
- 2018-08-21 (terms)
- identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10339/86337 (uri)
- language
- en (iso)
- publisher
- Wake Forest University
- type
- Thesis