Detection of coronary artery calcium to differentiate patients with early coronary atherosclerosis from luminally normal arteries

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 78, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1281-1284

  Fallavollita, James A ^a   Kumar, Krishna ^b   Brody, Alan S ^b   Bunnell, Ivan L ^b   Canty Jr , John M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CALCINOSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; CALCINOSIS; CALCIUM; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0030330310     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(96)00612-1     Document Type: Article

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