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CAC Progression No Better Than Most Recent CAC Score: Study

Author:: Will Boggs, MD

Publish date: July 8, 2016

NEW YORK - Progression of the coronary artery calcification (CAC) score over time predicts the risk of cardiovascular disease, but it performs no bett...

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Persistent Fatty Liver Increases Risk of Carotid Atherosclerosis

Author:: Will Boggs, MD

Publish date: July 6, 2016

NEW YORK - Patients with persistent nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) face a significantly elevated risk of carotid atherosclerosis, according ...

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Protein-Based Risk Score Improves Prediction of Cardiovascular Events

Author:: Will Boggs, MD

Publish date: June 29, 2016

NEW YORK - A new protein-based risk score outperforms the Framingham model for predicting cardiovascular outcomes in patients with stable coronary hea...

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New HCV Diagnostic Tests Provide Accuracy and Low Costs

Author:: Will Boggs, MD

Publish date: June 27, 2016

NEW YORK - Several hepatitis C virus core antigen (HCVcAg) tests accurately diagnose hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and could replace nucleic acid ...

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New Tool Improves Harm Detection for Pediatric Inpatients

Author:: Will Boggs, MD

Publish date: June 18, 2015

The newly developed Pediatric All-Cause Harm Measurement Tool (PACHMT) improved detection of harms in pediatric inpatients in a recent pilot study. ...

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Risk Stratification Insufficient for Predicting DVT in Hospitalized Patients: JAMA Internal Medicine Study

Author:: Will Boggs, MD

Publish date: June 17, 2015

The Wells score is only slightly better than a coin toss for predicting deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in hospitalized patients, researchers have found. ...