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CAC-Guided Statin Decisions Match Traditional Risk Assessment in CorCal Trial
Key Takeaways
- CorCal Outcomes trial compared CAC-guided statin initiation with pooled cohort equation-guided statin initiation.
- No difference in major cardiovascular events was reported between the two strategies at ESC Congress 2026.
- Principal investigator Dr. Joseph B. Muhlestein said traditional tools may miss younger patients who later have first heart attacks.
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DT Editorial Team··via medicalxpress.com