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Extracardiac Thoracoabdominal Atherosclerosis in Heart Transplant Candidates is not Associated with Standard Modifiable Cardiovascular Risk Factors

2026-03-02 cardiovascular medicine Title + abstract only
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BackgroundScreening for atherosclerosis focuses on identifying Standard Modifiable Risk Factors (SMuRFs), including diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidaemia, and smoking. PurposeTo compare the extracardiac thoracoabdominal atherosclerotic plaque burden, as measured by computed tomography angiography (CTA), among heart transplant candidates with ischemic or non-ischemic cardiomyopathy (ICM, NICM), and evaluate potential associations between plaque burden and SMuRFs. MethodsThis retrospective stu...

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