Nonobstructive Coronary Artery Disease by Coronary CT Angiography Improves Risk Stratification and Allocation of Statin Therapy.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study sought to determine prognostic value of nonobstructive coronary artery disease (CAD) for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) events and to determine whether incorporation of this information into the pooled cohort equation reclassifies recommendations for statin therapy as defined by the 2013 guidelines for cholesterol management of the American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association (ACC/AHA).

Background

Detection of nonobstructive CAD by coronary computed tomography angiography may improve risk stratification and permit individualized and more appropriate allocation of statin therapy.

Methods

This study determined the pooled hazard ratio of nonobstructive CAD for ASCVD events from published studies and incorporated this

SUBMITTER: Emami H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6010207 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature