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Debate CAC vs CTA in primary prevention?
I will start with a provocative statement
Screening, foundational strategy for decades in prev cardio is a seductive paradigm
Its so 1990’s
We are barking on the wrong tree
In 2020, I will explain why this strategy is a fallacy
#ASPC2020
I will start with a provocative statement
Screening, foundational strategy for decades in prev cardio is a seductive paradigm
Its so 1990’s
We are barking on the wrong tree
In 2020, I will explain why this strategy is a fallacy
#ASPC2020
#1 Both primary and secondary prevention lower disease burden and outcomes
#2 Marginal benefit of extensive screening
#3 Whats left to screen? Majority already treatment candidates
#4 Our stakeholders asking for "derisking" vs "screening"
#APSC2020
#2 Marginal benefit of extensive screening
#3 Whats left to screen? Majority already treatment candidates
#4 Our stakeholders asking for "derisking" vs "screening"
#APSC2020
-Despite being being an avid advocate of CAC screening in past, it was time to move on
-Showed 1 in 2 statin candidates have #PowerOfZero
-Proposed CAC as SDM tool
-Concept confirmed in 3 other cohorts, better than any neg marker, cost-effective, and no statin treatment benefit
-Showed 1 in 2 statin candidates have #PowerOfZero
-Proposed CAC as SDM tool
-Concept confirmed in 3 other cohorts, better than any neg marker, cost-effective, and no statin treatment benefit
