Clinical significance of coronary calcifications detected by electron- beam computed tomography;Klinische bedeutung koronarer kalkablagerungen in der elektronenstrahltomographie

Zeitschrift fur Kardiologie

Volumn 89, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2000, Pages 34-42

  Schmermund, Axel ^a   Baumgart, Dietrich ^a   Erbel, Raimund ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calcification; EBCT; Electron beam computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY RISK; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0033951718     PISSN: 03005860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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