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Author Spotlight: Advancing Cardiovascular Imaging - Introducing the Spatially Weighted Calcium Score for Early Disease Detection
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Coronary artery calcium score: The perfect tool to predict the risk but one step is still missing
Gilles Lemesle1, Christophe Bauters2
1Heart and Lung Institute, University hospital of Lille, CHU Lille, F-59000 Lille, France. Univ. Lille, F-59000, France. Institut Pasteur of Lille, Inserm U1011-EGID, F-59000 Lille, France. FACT (French Alliance for Cardiovascular Trials), F-75000 Paris, France.
European Journal of Preventive Cardiology
|March 4, 2025
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