Prevention & lipidsMeta-analysis
Impact of Patient Visualization of Cardiovascular Images on Modification of Cardiovascular Risk Factors
- Systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised trials
4 studies used coronary artery calcium and 2 used carotid ultrasound
Authors' conclusion
Patient visualization of CV imaging is associated with overall CV risk reduction and improvement of individual risk factors: cholesterol and systolic blood pressure.
Study context
- Population
- Asymptomatic persons with no known cardiovascular (CV) disease
- Participants
- 7,083 persons · 6 RCTs
- Comparison
- Patient visualization of CV images vs no visualization
- Outcome
- Change in 10-year Framingham risk score
- Follow-up
- Trial commencement to end
Pooled result
10-year Framingham risk score
Improvement
0.91%
95% CI 0.24%–1.58%
P = 0.01
As reported in the abstract
Further pooled results
LDL, total cholesterol, SBP
- Significant reductions in LDL, total cholesterol and SBP
- all P < 0.05
Original publication
Impact of Patient Visualization of Cardiovascular Images on Modification of Cardiovascular Risk Factors. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. Published 24 May 2023. doi:10.1016/j.jcmg.2023.03.007
Summarised from the published abstract; every number is checked against it