Rates of progression of coronary calcium by electron beam tomography

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 8-11

  Budoff, Matthew J ^a   Lane, Kathleen L ^b   Bakhsheshi, Hamid ^a   Mao, Songshou ^a   Grassmann, Bryan O ^c   Friedman, Bruce C ^c   Brundage, Bruce H ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Heart Check America   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; STATINE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGED; CALCINOSIS; CHOLESTEROL; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0034237297     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(00)00820-1     Document Type: Article

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