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11479937

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-8-1
pubmed:abstractText
BACKGROUND: The continuing epidemic of cardiovascular disease underscores the need for more effective atherosclerosis detection and prevention. In fact, though the mortality rate decreased during the past decades, the morbidity rate continued to climb. The use of conventional risk factors is helpful to assess the median risk of a population, but it is unsatisfactory to estimate the actual risk of an individual patient. MODERN IMAGING TECHNOLOGIES: As a consequence, modern imaging technologies able to detect silent atherosclerotic disease have elicited a strong interest in the medical community with the hope that they may render risk stratification more accurate. Technologies such as electron beam tomography (EBT) are expected to bridge the gap between the mere presence of risk factors for disease development and assessment of the actual individual risk of events based on the visualization and quantification of silent disease. CONCLUSION: The medical literature is currently pervaded by a vivacious debate regarding the ability of EBT to provide such information as some investigators still hold concerns about the cost and effectiveness of a preventive approach driven by technology.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0340-9937
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
26
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
252-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Prognostic implications of absolute and relative calcium scores.
pubmed:affiliation
Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, USA. praggi@tulane.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Review