Coronary calcification by electron beam computed tomography and obstructive coronary artery disease: A model for costs and effectiveness of diagnosis as compared with conventional cardiac testing methods

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 453-462

  Rumberger, John A ^a,b,c   Behrenbeck, Thomas ^a,b   Breen, Jerome F ^b   Sheedy II, Patrick F ^b  

^a Mayo Clinic and Foundation ^*  (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c Cardiovascular Consultants Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTIANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREADMILL ERGOMETRY;

CALCINOSIS; CALCIUM; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; HEART FUNCTION TESTS; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0033081634     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(98)00583-X     Document Type: Article

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