Measuring the effect of risk factors on coronary atherosclerosis: Coronary calcium score versus angiographic disease severity

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1267-1273

  Schmermund, Axel ^a,c   Baumgart, Dietrich ^a   Görge, Günter ^a   Grönemeyer, Dietrich ^b   Seibel, Rainer ^b   Bailey, Kent R ^c   Rumberger, John A ^c   Paar, Dietrich ^a   Erbel, Raimund ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRON BEAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; CALCIUM; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0032080524     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(98)00082-5     Document Type: Article

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