Great abstract at ACC, garnered a lot of press about post-menopausal women and CAC progression:

Our new paper on colchicine and plaque just published
authors.elsevier.com/a/1itao7X7QCZC…

Add another 54% of 11,805 patients from Denmark with LDL > 193 mg/dl also with normal CAC. NOT Everyone needs a statin, i hold therapy for CAC Zero unless DM, known ASCVD in this population with no CAC.

NIH funded study shows bone density derived by @BDI_ai from existing CT scans predicts vertebral and hip fractures rdcu.be/dCbW7
BDI bdi.ai is now in its 16th year providing bone density measure and fracture risk assessment reimbursed widely by insurers

So important to understand the value of Epicardial fat on CAC scans - authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S26…
AJPC

Khurram Khurram Nasir and Michelle- well deserved recognition. Both leaders in their respective fields.

So important metric of visceral fat. Easily measured on CAC scan authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S26…

A great paper showing the Power of Zero even in symptomatic persons undergoing angiography
pubs.rsna.org/doi/10.1148/ra…

So important to understand this strong inter-relationship of BMD and CAC. MESA work from @BDI
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…

I still don't understand why colchicine continues to be disrespected - three positive outcome studies and CCTA plaque studies showing benefit, all for a 2a recommendation? sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Excellent paper on the power of Radiomics in JCCT Heart_SCCT
authors.elsevier.com/c/1idQu6tu1iBP…

So important to understand the benefits of EPA, as compared to EPA/DHA. Not sure why many of my colleagues don't get it, but this is another important paper demonstrating that benefit.

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Great paper reminding us that CAC predicts stroke as well as other ASCVD events Khurram Nasir
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38334053/

My recent review on plaque imaging - enjoy

vumedi.com/video/ct-coron…

This finding no doubt carries over to other screening tests. This highlights the need and health system support for 'opportunistic' (i.e., incidental) findings in the patient's existing medical images (ie- coronary artery calcium and bone density BDI)

this is when you should be worried about 'Quality' of their food

Great new review article on estrogen and CVD by Chip Lavie and others doi.org/10.1016/j.pcad…

A great practice opportunity here in Southern California for a women's health expert with my friends at CVMG- careers.acc.org/jobseeker/job/…

And our paper on Major Global Coronary Calcium Guidelines also made the most read list:
jacc.org/special-collec…