Electron-beam CT scanning for detection of coronary calcification and prediction of coronary heart disease

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 89, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 565-570

  Thompson, G R ^a,c   Forbat, S ^b   Underwood, R ^b  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0029774793     PISSN: 00335622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/89.8.565     Document Type: Review

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