Hidden heart clue: does a simple alert get more people on Life-Saving meds?
NCT ID NCT05858879
Summary
This study is testing if telling patients and their doctors about hidden calcium deposits in the heart's arteries, found on past chest scans, helps more people start taking cholesterol-lowering medication. It involves about 230 people with known heart or blood vessel disease who are not currently on these medications. Researchers are comparing different ways of sharing this information to see which is most effective at getting treatment started.
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Stanford University
Stanford, California, 94304, United States
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