Early Detection of Coronary Artery Disease: An Opportunity To Start Secondary Prevention Without A Coronary Event

在澳大利亚，冠状动脉疾病(CAD)是死亡和残疾的主要原因，预防是关键。我们目前预测谁是冠心病高危人群的技术并不完美，或者成本高昂。我们的目标是研究如何使用遗传和代谢风险评分的组合来更准确地经济有效地预测这种风险。通过这样做，我们的目标是开发一种新的联合测试，以识别澳大利亚人的冠心病高危人群，以便及早开始预防。

Coronary artery disease (CAD) is a major cause of death and disability in Australia, and prevention is key. Our current techniques for predicting who is at high risk of CAD are imperfect or expensive. We aim to study how using the combination of a genetic and metabolic risk score can be used to cost-effectively predict this risk more accurately. By doing so, we aim to develop a new combined test to identify Australians at high risk of CAD so that prevention can be started early.