Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Calcium Supplements, Calcified Atheroma, and Cardiovascular Disease Risk

JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2021 Jan;14(1):269-271. doi: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2020.06.031. Epub 2020 Aug 19.

Authors

Erin D Michos¹, Miguel Cainzos-Achirica²

Affiliations

¹ Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland; Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland. Electronic address: edonnell@jhmi.edu.
² Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland; Division of Cardiovascular Prevention and Wellness, Department of Cardiology, Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart and Vascular Center, Houston, Texas; Center for Outcomes Research, Houston Methodist, Houston, Texas.

PMID: 32828766
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2020.06.031

No abstract available

Keywords: calcium; cardiovascular disease; editorial; supplements; vascular calcification.

Publication types

Editorial
Comment

MeSH terms

Calcium
Cardiovascular Diseases* / diagnostic imaging
Cardiovascular Diseases* / epidemiology
Humans
Plaque, Atherosclerotic*
Predictive Value of Tests
Ultrasonography, Interventional
Vascular Calcification* / diagnostic imaging

Substances

Calcium