Electron beam computed tomographic coronary calcium score cutpoints and severity of associated angiographic lumen stenosis

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1542-1548

  Rumberger, John A ^a   Sheedy, Patrick F ^a   Breen, Jerome F ^a   Schwartz, Robert S ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTICLE; CALCIUM HOMEOSTASIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTRON BEAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CALCIUM; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0030966976     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(97)00093-4     Document Type: Article

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