Finding the Right Age for CAC Testing: How Low Should You Go?
Tasneem Z Naqvi1, Tamar S Polonsky2
1Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, Arizona, USA.
Journal of the American College of Cardiology
|October 15, 2021
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