Using imaging for cardiovascular risk prediction: an overview.

Atherosclerosis is a systemic, silent, and deadly disease; however, primary risk reduction is very effective. Cost-effective risk modification relies on accurate and individualized risk stratification; however, traditional risk factor-based assessments fail to account for individual progression along the pathophysiologic continuum. Ultrasound and other imaging techniques that measure both anatomy and function provide well-validated surrogate markers for atherosclerosis that have incremental predictive power to that provided by risk factors, and may be useful in designing primary prevention strategies.

Duke Scholars

Author Pamela Susan Douglas Medicine, Cardiology