Carotid ultrasound and Systematic Coronary Risk Assessment 2 (SCORE2) in the prediction of cardiovascular events.

Xue Bao Biao Xu Lars Lind Gunnar Engström

Published in: European journal of preventive cardiology (2023)

Carotid ultrasound adds predictive performance to SCORE2 for assessment of CVD risk. Using SCORE2 without considering carotid atherosclerosis could under- or over-estimate the risk.

Keyphrases

cardiovascular events
coronary artery disease
risk assessment
cardiovascular disease
magnetic resonance imaging
contrast enhanced ultrasound
ultrasound guided
computed tomography
transcatheter aortic valve replacement