Determinants and correlates of target lesion calcium in coronary artery disease: A clinical, angiographic and intravascular ultrasound study

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 268-274

  Mintz, Gary S ^a   Pichard, Augusto D ^a   Popma, Jeffrey J ^a   Kent, Kenneth M ^a   Satler, Lowell F ^a   Bucher, Theresa A ^a   Leon, Martin B ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Washington Cardiology Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CALCIUM METABOLISM; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 0031027775     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(96)00479-2     Document Type: Article

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