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Oct 2026
Risk misclassification by cardiovascular risk scores in rheumatoid disease: high prevalence of carotid plaque in patients classified as low risk
Cardiovascular (CV) risk calculators are widely used to estimate 10-year CV risk in the general population. However, even in non-inflammatory cohorts, these models show limited sensitivity for detecting subclinical atherosclerosis, as a proportion of individuals categorized as low risk already exhibit carotid pla...
A. Leal-Valdez, V. Cervantes-Ramirez, F. M. García García et al.
· European Heart Journal · 0 citations