Identification of patients at increased risk of first unheralded acute myocardial infarction by electron-beam computed tomography

Circulation

Volumn 101, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 850-855

  Raggi, Paolo ^a   Callister, Tracy Q ^a   Cooil, Bruce ^b   He, Zuo Xiang ^c   Lippolis, Nicholas J ^a   Russo, Donald J ^a   Zelinger, Alan ^d   Mahmarian, John J ^c  

^a EBT Research Foundation   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d ADVOCATE CHRIST MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium; Coronary disease; Myocardial infarction; Tomography

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 0033993755     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.101.8.850     Document Type: Article

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