Electron beam computed tomographie coronary calcium scanning: A review and guidelines for use in asymptomatic persons

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 243-252

  Rumberger, Johna ^a,e   Brundage, Bruceh ^a,b,c   Rader, Danielj ^a,d   Kondos, George ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b Bend Memorial Clinic   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^e Diagnostic Cardiovascular Consultants   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTRON BEAM; HUMAN;

EID: 0033013684     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/74.3.243     Document Type: Article

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