Comparison of electron beam computed tomography scanning and conventional risk factor assessment for the prediction of angiographic coronary artery disease

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 673-679

  Guerci, Alan D ^a   Spadaro, Louise A ^a   Goodman, Ken J ^a   Lledo Perez, Alfonso ^a   Newstein, David ^a   Lerner, Gail ^a   Arad, Yadon ^a  

^a ST FRANCIS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

AGE; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRON BEAM; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; CALCINOSIS; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031717408     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(98)00299-X     Document Type: Article

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