ACCEL Lite: From JACC: CACS Improves Risk Prediction in Patients with Suspected Obstructive CAD

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style= "font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-no-proof: yes;">Clinicians need more tools to reduce the number of unnecessary tests. Clinical likelihood models represent such tools, and this study demonstrated favorable prognosis for patients who were deferred for testing using the risk factor-weighted clinical likelihood model and the coronary artery calcium score-weighted clinical likelihood model.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style= "font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-no-proof: yes;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">In this interview, <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">Simon Winther MD, PhD and Laxmi Mehta MD, FACC</span> discuss <span style= "mso-no-proof: yes;">JACC piece: CACS Improves Risk Prediction in Patients with Suspected Obstructive CAD.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style= "font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;"> </span><a href= "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/eagles-eye-view-your-weekly-cv-update-from-acc-org/id1274635046">Subscribe on Apple</a> <span class="MsoHyperlink">Podcasts</span> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">|</span> <a href= "https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/I6dtkumvaipematzgzmbph2koiq"> Subscribe on Google Play</a> <span class="MsoHyperlink">|</span> <a href= "http://www.acc.org/education-and-meetings/products-and-resources/accel-audio"> Subscribe to ACCEL</a></p>