Why and when to screen for cardiovascular disease in healthy individuals

Heart. 2021 May 26;107(12):1010-1017. doi: 10.1136/heartjnl-2019-316266.

Jes Sanddal Lindholt¹, Rikke Søgaard^{2

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¹ Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Odense University Hospital, Elitary Research Centre for Individualized Medicine in Arterial Disease (CIMA), University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark Jes.Sanddal.Lindholt@rsyd.dk.
² Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Odense University Hospital, Elitary Research Centre for Individualized Medicine in Arterial Disease (CIMA), University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.
³ Advisory Board Regarding the National Screening Programmes, Danish National Board of Health, Copenhagen, Denmark.

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Keywords: aortic and arterial disease; cardiac CT imaging; cardiac risk factors and prevention; health services.