Electron beam computed tomographic coronary calcium as a predictor of coronary events: Comparison of two protocols

Circulation

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1122-1129

  Secci, Angelo ^a   Wong, Nathan ^a   Tang, Weiyi ^a   Wang, Shaojun ^a   Doherty, Terence ^a   Detrano, Robert ^a,b  

^a St John's Cardiovascular Research Center   (United States)

^b HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium; Coronary disease; Revascularization; Tomography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVASCULARIZATION;

EID: 0030812260     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.96.4.1122     Document Type: Article

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