Incidence and clinical relevance of coronary calcification detected by electron beam computed tomography in heart transplant recipients

European Heart Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 303-308

  Ludman, P F ^a   Lazem, F ^a   Barbir, M ^a   Yacoub, M ^a  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON AND HAREFIELD NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiac transplantation; Coronary calcification; Electron beam computed tomography; Transplant coronary atherosclerosis

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; CALCINOSIS; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0033064046     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/euhj.1998.1270     Document Type: Article

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