Coronary calcification and coronary atherosclerosis: Site by site comparative morphologic study of electron beam computed tomography and coronary angiography

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1549-1556

  Kajinami, Kouji ^a,b   Seki, Hiroyasu ^b   Takekoshi, Noboru ^b   Mabuchi, Hiroshi ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA CARDIOVASCULAR HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DENSITOMETRY; ELECTRON BEAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALCINOSIS; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0030965910     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(97)00090-9     Document Type: Article

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