Coronary Artery Calcium Scoring Improves Allocation of the GLP-1 Receptor Agonist Semaglutide

JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2025 Apr;18(4):462-464. doi: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2024.10.007. Epub 2025 Jan 8.

Authors

Robert A Kloner¹, Matthew J Budoff²

Affiliations

¹ Huntington Medical Research Institutes, Pasadena, California, USA; Department of Medicine and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA. Electronic address: Robert.kloner@hmri.org.
² Department of Medicine, Lundquist Institute at Harbor-UCLA, Torrance, California, USA.

PMID: 39797880
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2024.10.007

No abstract available

Keywords: GLP-1 receptor agonists; atherosclerosis; coronary artery calcium scoring; number needed to treat; semaglutide.

Publication types

Editorial