Imaging of coronary artery calcification: Its importance in assessing atherosclerotic disease

Radiologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 257-272

  Stanford, W ^a   Thompson, B H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTERY CALCIFICATION; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW;

EID: 0033066331     PISSN: 00338389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0033-8389(05)70095-6     Document Type: Article

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