Relation of coronary calcium score by electron beam computed tomography to arteriographic findings in asymptomatic and symptomatic adults

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 128-133

  Guerci, Alan D ^a   Spadaro, Louise A ^b   Popma, Jeffrey J ^b   Goodman, Kenneth J ^b   Brundage, Bruce H ^b   Budoff, Matthew ^b   Lerner, Gail ^b   Vizza, Robert F ^b  

^a ST FRANCIS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEMISTRY; CINERADIOGRAPHY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; DYSPNEA; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL MODEL; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ADULT; CALCIUM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CINERADIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; DYSPNEA; EXERTION; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031567851     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(96)00698-4     Document Type: Article

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