Lack of association of C-reactive protein and coronary calcium by electron beam computed tomography in postmenopausal women: Implications for coronary artery disease screening

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 39-43

  Redberg, Rita F ^a   Rifai, Nader ^b   Gee, Lauren ^a   Ridker, Paul M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCIUM; LIPOPROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY RISK; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING; SMOKING;

AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMANS; LIPOPROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0033941246     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(00)00680-X     Document Type: Article

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