Cardiovascular Risk Prediction: Insights from Napa

At Cardiology Napa Valley 2017, preventative cardiologist Dr. Joe Miller with Piedmont Heart asks Dr. Erin Michos from Johns Hopkins Medicine about helping to detect early coronary calcification and new approaches to risk scoring. “In primary prevention, decisions about pharmacotherapy - statins and aspirins - predicates on having the most accurate risk assessment,” says Dr. Michos, who discusses the value of coronary artery calcium scoring.