Clinical utility of coronary calcification scanning in primary prevention

ACC Current Journal Review

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 76-78

  Mohler III, Emile R ^a   Rader, Daniel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRAVASTATIN;

ARTERY CALCIFICATION; B SCAN; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY RISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0033392070     PISSN: 10621458     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1062-1458(99)00039-2     Document Type: Article

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