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Martin Bødtker Mortensen

@MaBMortensen

Cardiologist and scientist with a special interest in preventive cardiology, atherosclerosis and imaging. Views are my own.

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4 months ago

🔍 Insights from Western Denmark Heart Registry reveal a nuanced impact of LDL-C based on atherosclerosis presence.
🫀Among 23,132 CCTA patients, LDL-C lacks predictive power for future CVD when CAC=0, but strongly correlates with events in CAC>0 cases.
ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CI…

🔍 Insights from Western Denmark Heart Registry reveal a nuanced impact of LDL-C based on atherosclerosis presence. 🫀Among 23,132 CCTA patients, LDL-C lacks predictive power for future CVD when CAC=0, but strongly correlates with events in CAC>0 cases. ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CI…
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4 months ago

Martin Bødtker Mortensen 2 critical points?

#1 Are these results generalizable?
Yes, seen same in MESA over long term period of 16+ years

#2 Implications?

@MaBMortensen 2 critical points? #1 Are these results generalizable? Yes, seen same in MESA over long term period of 16+ years #2 Implications? #SeeDiseaseTreatDisease #NotAllLdlCreatedEqual
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