Severity of Coronary Artery Calcification Detected by Electron Beam Computed Tomography is Related to the Risk of Restenosis after Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty

Internal Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 255-262

  Takahashi, Michiko ^a   Takamoto, Toshihiko ^b   Aizawa, Tadanori ^c   Shimada, Hideyo ^a  

^a KITASATO INSTITUTE HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b SASAKI INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c Cardiovascular Research Institute

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Ultrafast computed tomography

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CALCINOSIS; CINEANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CALCINOSIS; CINEANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; RISK; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031110052     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.36.255     Document Type: Article

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