What are the implications of coronary artery calcium testing among statin candidates according to American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association cholesterol management guidelines?
The implications of coronary artery calcium testing among statin candidates according to American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association cholesterol management guidelines were studied in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). The findings of this study, published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology in 2015 (Nasir et al., 2015), showed that coronary artery calcium testing was associated with an improved reclassification of cardiovascular risk in statin candidates, and that coronary artery calcium can be used to identify individuals at higher risk of cardiovascular events.