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UNDERUTILIZATION OF STATIN THERAPY AMONG PARTICIPANTS IN A LUNG CANCER SCREENING PROGRAM WITH A HIGH INCIDENCE OF CARDIOVASCULAR EVENTS
- Source :
- Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 69:1757
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2017.
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Abstract
- Background : Patients eligible for lung cancer screening (LCS) have an increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Coronary artery calcium (CAC) scoring is incidentally obtained during LCS. Whether CAC reporting affects statin prescribing is unclear. We assessed CAC prevalence, statin
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
Statin
integumentary system
business.industry
medicine.drug_class
Incidence (epidemiology)
nutritional and metabolic diseases
Disease
Coronary artery calcium
Increased risk
Internal medicine
cardiovascular system
medicine
Physical therapy
population characteristics
cardiovascular diseases
Statin therapy
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
business
Lung cancer screening
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 07351097
- Volume :
- 69
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of the American College of Cardiology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........3c69352f3b9fe8e684acc706fbd66b79
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0735-1097(17)35146-x