Objectives: The aim of this study was to assess the odds of initiation or continuation of
pharmacological and lifestyle preventive therapies in patients with nonzero versus zero …

Objective The development of these guidelines is mandated by the American Association of
Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) Board of Directors and American College of Endocrinology …

This expert consensus statement from the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
(SCCT) provides an evidence synthesis on the use of computed tomography (CT) imaging …

Objectives This study sought to evaluate the association and burden of coronary artery
calcium (CAC) with long-term, cause-specific mortality across the spectrum of baseline risk …

Background and aims We aimed to assess whether elevated PCSK9 and lipoprotein (a)[Lp
(a)] levels associate with coronary artery calcification (CAC), a good marker of …

Background Cardiovascular (CV) disease prevention guidelines have addressed how
imaging may influence CV risk determined by established risk score systems in primary …

Vitamin K serving as a cofactor modulates calcification by activating calcification inhibitors
such as matrix Gla protein (MGP); 1 vascular vitamin K deficiency could therefore increase …

Background and aims Failure of trials to observe benefits by elevating plasma high-density
lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) has raised serious doubts about HDL-C's atheroprotective …

Objectives To investigate the progression of coronary atherosclerosis burden by coronary
CT angiography (CCTA) and to demonstrate its association with the incidence of major …

Background: BRCA1/2 mutation carriers are recommended to undergo risk-reducing
salpingo-oophorectomy (RRSO) at 35 to 45 years of age. RRSO substantially decreases …