Favorable Cardiovascular Health Is Associated With Lower Prevalence, Incidence, Extent, and Progression of Extracoronary Calcification: MESA.
Oluseye OgunmorotiOlatokunbo OsibogunLena MathewsOlumuyiwa A EsuruosoChiadi E NdumeleVictor OkunrintemiGregory L BurkeRoger Scott BlumenthalMatthew J BudoffErin Donelly MichosPublished in: Circulation. Cardiovascular imaging (2022)
In this multiethnic cohort, favorable CVH was associated with a lower risk of extracoronary atherosclerosis. These findings emphasize the importance of primordial prevention as an intervention to reduce the burden of cardiovascular disease.