Relation of coronary calcium determined by electron beam computed tomography and lumen narrowing determined by autopsy

The American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 73, Issue 16, 1994, Pages 1169-1173

  Rumberger, John A ^a   Schwartz, Robert S ^a   Simons, D Brent ^a   Sheedy III, Patrick F ^a   Edwards, William D ^a   Fitzpatrick, Lorraine A ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; ELECTRON BEAM; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALCIUM; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0028238395     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0002-9149(94)90176-7     Document Type: Article

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