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SUBMITTER: Shah RV
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5815027 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Shah Ravi V RV Spahillari Aferdita A Mwasongwe Stanford S Carr J Jeffrey JJ Terry James G JG Mentz Robert J RJ Addison Daniel D Hoffmann Udo U Reis Jared J Freedman Jane E JE Lima Joao A C JAC Correa Adolfo A Murthy Venkatesh L VL
JAMA cardiology 20170601 6
<h4>Importance</h4>Modern prevention guidelines substantially increase the number of individuals who are eligible for treatment with statins. Efforts to refine statin eligibility via coronary calcification have been studied in white populations but not, to our knowledge, in large African American populations.<h4>Objective</h4>To compare the relative accuracy of US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) and American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) recommendations in id ...[more]