Angiographic correlates of "spotty" coronary artery calcium detected by electron-beam computed tomography in patients with normal or near-normal coronary angiograms

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 508-511

  Schmermund, Axel ^a,b   Rumberger, John A ^a   Colter, Joseph F ^a   Sheedy II, Patrick F ^a   Schwartz, Robert S ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DEVICE; DYSPNEA; ELECTRON BEAM; EXERCISE TEST; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CALCIUM; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031845796     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9149(98)00372-5     Document Type: Article

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