Prognostic significance of coronary calcific deposits in asymptomatic high-risk subjects

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 344-349

  Detrano, Robert C ^a   Wong, Nathan D ^b   Doherty, Terence M ^a   Shavelle, Robert ^c  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY RISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HEART DEATH; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALCINOSIS; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY DISEASE; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0030925971     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9343(97)00085-5     Document Type: Article

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