Insurance Payers Should Cover Selective Coronary Artery Calcium Testing in Intermediate Risk Primary Prevention Patients

Circulation. 2022 Aug 23;146(8):585-586. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.122.061193. Epub 2022 Aug 22.

Authors

Philip Greenland¹, David J Maron², Matthew J Budoff³

Affiliations

¹ Departments of Preventive Medicine and Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL (P.G.).
² Stanford Prevention Research Center, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA (D.J.M.).
³ Lundquist Institute, Torrance, CA (M.J.B.).

PMID: 35994564
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.122.061193

No abstract available

Keywords: cardiovascular risk; computed tomography; coronary artery disease.

MeSH terms

Calcium
Coronary Angiography
Coronary Artery Disease* / diagnostic imaging
Coronary Artery Disease* / prevention & control
Coronary Vessels
Humans
Insurance*
Primary Prevention
Risk Assessment
Risk Factors
Vascular Calcification* / diagnostic imaging

Substances

Calcium