Paucity of Coronary Artery Calcium Research in Low-Middle Income Countries: A Call to Action

Gilberto J Aquino; Jeremy R Burt; Panagis Galiatsatos

doi:10.1161/JAHA.121.021796

Paucity of Coronary Artery Calcium Research in Low-Middle Income Countries: A Call to Action

J Am Heart Assoc. 2021 Aug 3;10(15):e021796. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.121.021796. Epub 2021 Jul 29.

Authors

Gilberto J Aquino¹, Jeremy R Burt¹, Panagis Galiatsatos²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiovascular Imaging Department of Radiology and Radiological Science Medical University of South Carolina Charleston SC.
² Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Department of Medicine Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine MD.

No abstract available

Keywords: cardiovascular disease; cardiovascular risk; computed tomography; coronary artery calcium; coronary artery disease; low‐middle income countries; public health.

MeSH terms

Biomedical Research* / organization & administration
Biomedical Research* / standards
Cardiovascular Diseases* / diagnosis
Cardiovascular Diseases* / mortality
Coronary Artery Disease* / diagnosis
Coronary Artery Disease* / epidemiology
Coronary Vessels* / diagnostic imaging
Coronary Vessels* / pathology
Developing Countries / statistics & numerical data
Health Services Needs and Demand
Heart Disease Risk Factors
Humans
Prevalence
Resource Allocation
Vascular Calcification* / diagnosis
Vascular Calcification* / pathology