Absence of coronary calcification on double-helical CT scans: Predictor of angiographically normal coronary arteries in elderly women?

Radiology

Volumn 199, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 665-668

  Shemesh, Joseph ^a   Tenenbaum, Alexander ^a   Fisman, Enrique Z ^a   Apter, Sara ^a   Rath, Samuel ^a   Rozenman, Judith ^a   Itzchak, Yacov ^a   Motro, Michael ^a  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Computed tomography (CT), helical; Coronary vessels, calcifications,; Coronary vessels, CT

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0029893151     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.199.3.8637984     Document Type: Article

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