Coronary Artery Calcification Under Statin Therapy and Its Effect on Cardiovascular Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

What it found

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Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

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4. Association between psoriasis and coronary artery calcification: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2022
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7. Beyond Stress Ischemia: Unveiling the Multifaceted Nature of Coronary Vulnerable Plaques Using Cardiac Computed Tomography.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024
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8. Predictive value of machine learning algorithm of coronary artery calcium score and clinical factors for obstructive coronary artery disease in hypertensive patients.BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2023
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9. Association between Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol and Vascular Biomarkers in Primary Prevention.Biomedicines · 2023
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10. Panax quinquefolius saponin inhibits vascular smooth muscle cell calcification via activation of nuclear factor-erythroid 2-related factor 2.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2023
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12. Comparison of cardiac CT angiography coronary artery dimensions and ethnicity in Trinidad: the CADET pilot study.Open heart · 2022
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Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Funding

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Abstract

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