Correlations between vascular calcification and atherosclerosis: A comparative electron beam CT study of the coronary and carotid arteries

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 207-211

  Arad, Yadon ^a,b   Spadaro, Louise A ^a   Roth, Marguerite ^a   Scordo, Joan ^a   Goodman, Ken ^a   Sherman, Scott ^a   Lledo, Alfonso ^a   Lerner, Gail ^a   Guerci, Alan D ^a  

^a ST FRANCIS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b St Francis Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Arteries, coronary; Arteries, diseases; Atherosclerosis; Computed tomography; Heart, diseases

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; BIOMINERALIZATION; BLOOD VESSELS; BONE; CALCIUM; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASES; HEART;

ARTERY DISEASE; ARTERY, CORONARY; ATHEROSCLEROSE; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIES; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM SCORES; ELECTRON-BEAM; HEART DISEASE;

ELECTRON BEAMS;

CALCIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD VESSEL CALCIFICATION; CAROTID ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY; ELECTRON BEAM; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031969045     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004728-199803000-00008     Document Type: Article

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