Coronary calcium does not accurately predict near-term future coronary events in high-risk adults

Circulation

Volumn 99, Issue 20, 1999, Pages 2633-2638

  Detrano, Robert C ^a   Wong, Nathan D ^b   Doherty, Terence M ^a   Shavelle, Robert M ^c   Tang, Weiyi ^a   Ginzton, Leonard E ^a   Budoff, Matthew J ^a   Narahara, Kenneth A ^a  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium; Coronary disease; Risk factors; Tomography

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY RISK; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DEATH; HEART INFARCTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0033602810     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.99.20.2633     Document Type: Article

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