Coronary Artery Disease (CAD)

• Risk Calculation for patients without known CAD

  • ASCVD Risk Calculator
  • PREVENT Risk Calculator
  • MESA Risk Score

• Stress Testing

• Pharmacotherapy

  • Aspirin
  • Hyperlipidemia

• Lifestyle Modifications

  • Diet
    • Mediterranean Diet
    • DASH Diet

• The coronary arterial system consists of epicardial coronary arteries, prearterioles, and arterioles with different sizes, distinct functions, and uninterrupted borders. ¹

  • Myocardial ischemia from the mismatch of demand and supply of coronary artery blood flow to the myocardium can originate from any part of this coronary arterial system
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Footnotes

1. Hwang, D., Park, S.-H., & Koo, B.-K. (2023). Ischemia With Nonobstructive Coronary Artery Disease. JACC: Asia, 3(2), 169–184. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacasi.2023.01.004 ↩