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Prevalence of Silent Atherosclerosis across Adult Life.
The New England journal of medicine·August 29, 2026·PMID 42670946
Why it mattersSilent atherosclerosis is common even in young adults and independently predicts cardiovascular events, yet its age- and sex-specific burden has been poorly defined. These data provide contemporary benchmarks for prevalence and distribution, informing risk assessment and the potential value of early imaging-based detection in asymptomatic patients.
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