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ACCF/AHA 2007 Clinical Expert Consensus Document on Coronary Artery Calcium Scoring By Computed Tomography in Global Cardiovascular Risk Assessment and in Evaluation of Patients With Chest Pain

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The CAC Measurement Method helps clarify the role of risk assessment in Cardiovascular Medicine and current approaches to Global Risk Assessment and to match the intensity of intervention with the severity of risk.
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This article is published in Journal of the American College of Cardiology.The article was published on 2007-01-23 and is currently open access. It has received 1329 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Risk assessment & Chest pain.

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