Determinants of transplant-related coronary calcium detected by ultrafast computed tomography scanning

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 79, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1606-1609

  Barbir, Mahmud ^a   Lazem, Fawzi ^a   Bowker, Tim ^a   Ludman, Peter ^a   Banner, Nicholas ^a   Mitchell, Andrew ^a   Yacoub, Magdi ^a  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CHOLESTEROL; LIPOPROTEIN; LIPOPROTEIN A; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DYSLIPOPROTEINEMIA; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CALCINOSIS; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; LIPOPROTEINS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0030853943     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(97)00207-5     Document Type: Article

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