Electron beam tomography comparison of culprit and non-culprit coronary arteries in patients with acute myocardial infarction

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 85, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1357-1359

  Mascola, Anthony ^a   Ko, John ^a   Bakhsheshi, Hamid ^a   Budoff, Matthew J ^a  

^a St John's Cardiovascular Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0034212303     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(00)00768-2     Document Type: Article

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