Yara Jelwan
@jelwan.bsky.social
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Preventive Cardiology fellow at Johns Hopkins Ciccarone Center for Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease
work-in-progress, always
Preventive Cardiology fellow at Johns Hopkins Ciccarone Center for Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease
work-in-progress, always
Reposted by Yara Jelwan
✅ Smoking & HTN accelerate CAC onset
✅ Earlier CAC screening & personalized prevention in high-risk groups.
📌 Implications:
🔹 CAC >0 = higher ASCVD risk → consider earlier statin therapy.
🔹 Race & sex matter in risk stratification.
🔹 CAC screening could improve primary prevention in younger adults.
✅ Earlier CAC screening & personalized prevention in high-risk groups.
📌 Implications:
🔹 CAC >0 = higher ASCVD risk → consider earlier statin therapy.
🔹 Race & sex matter in risk stratification.
🔹 CAC screening could improve primary prevention in younger adults.
March 5, 2025 at 12:49 AM
✅ Smoking & HTN accelerate CAC onset
✅ Earlier CAC screening & personalized prevention in high-risk groups.
📌 Implications:
🔹 CAC >0 = higher ASCVD risk → consider earlier statin therapy.
🔹 Race & sex matter in risk stratification.
🔹 CAC screening could improve primary prevention in younger adults.
✅ Earlier CAC screening & personalized prevention in high-risk groups.
📌 Implications:
🔹 CAC >0 = higher ASCVD risk → consider earlier statin therapy.
🔹 Race & sex matter in risk stratification.
🔹 CAC screening could improve primary prevention in younger adults.