Predictive value of electron beam computed tomography of the coronary arteries: 19-Month follow-up of 1173 asymptomatic subjects

Circulation

Volumn 93, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1951-1953

  Arad, Yadon ^a   Spadaro, Louise A ^a   Goodman, Ken ^a   Lledo Perez, Alfonso ^a   Sherman, Scott ^a   Lerner, Gail ^a   Guerci, Alan D ^a  

^a ST FRANCIS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

atherosclerotic cardiovasclerosis; calcium; coronary disease; follow up studies; Tomography

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CREATINE KINASE MB;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRON BEAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE;

EID: 0029949496     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.93.11.1951     Document Type: Article

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