Udo Hoffman

TL;DR: It is concluded that the absence of CAC is associated with a very low risk of future cardiovascular events, with modest incremental value of other diagnostic tests in this very low-risk group.

TL;DR: Among contemporary patients referred for noninvasive testing, the DF risk score overestimates the risk of obstructive CAD; on the other hand, the CAD consortium scores offered improved goodness of fit and discrimination; thus, their use could decrease the need for non invasive or invasive testing while increasing the yield of such tests.

TL;DR: FDG-PET measurements of metabolic activity withinperiodontal tissue correlate with macrophage infiltration within carotid plaques, providing direct evidence for an association between periodontal disease and atherosclerotic inflammation.

TL;DR: MVPA was associated with less VAT and SAT and better fat quality, even after adjustment for SAT volume, and similar findings were observed in men but the magnitude of the association was less.

TL;DR: In the United States, functional imaging is the most commonly used method to diagnose potentially obstructive coronary artery disease in patients with stable chest pain, but evidence from several contemporary randomized clinical trials may advocate a new paradigm of imaging for detecting CAD.