Independent and incremental value of coronary artery calcium for predicting the extent of angiographic coronary artery disease: Comparison with cardiac risk factors and radionuclide perfusion imaging

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 777-786

  Schmermund, Axel ^a   Denktas, Ali E ^b   Rumberger, John A ^a   Christian, Timothy F ^a   Sheedy II, Patrick F ^a   Bailey, Kent R ^a   Schwartz, Robert S ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

AGED; CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RISK FACTORS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SESTAMIBI; THALLIUM RADIOISOTOPES; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032835123     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(99)00265-X     Document Type: Article

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