Maintenance of Ideal Cardiovascular Health and Coronary Artery Calcium Progression in Low-Risk Men and Women in the Framingham Heart Study [Epidemiology]

Conclusions—
Significant associations between an unfavorable CVH profile and CAC progression support public health measures that seek to prevent cardiovascular disease by promoting favorable CVH profiles in persons free of clinical and subclinical cardiovascular disease.

Source: Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging - January 5, 2018 Category: Radiology Authors: Hwang, S.-J., Onuma, O., Massaro, J. M., Zhang, X., Fu, Y.-P., Hoffmann, U., Fox, C. S., ODonnell, C. J. Tags: Cardiovascular Disease, Epidemiology, Primary Prevention Source Type: research