Report from AHA: Vulnerable plaques factor into heart attack risk calculation

November 13, 2008 Report from AHA: Vulnerable plaques factor into heart attack risk calculation By James Brice A combined diagnostic approach enhances clinical assessment of heart attack risk, according to a lecture at an American Heart Association conference this week. Such an approach would take into account vulnerable arterial plaques, traditional risk factors, and measures of atherosclerotic disease severity. Dr. Morteza Naghavi, founder and chair of Screening for Heart Attack Prevention and Eradication (SHAPE), stressed the importance of vulnerable arterial plaque imaging as part of the diagnostic equation during an AHA plenary session in New Orleans.

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